OCTOBER 17, 2024 — Myllesheem, a local history society in Mill, Netherlands, has proposed a new flag for the town, according to De Gelderlander. The flag featured a design that includes the iconic stone chimney, a well-known landmark that dominates the skyline. According to the town’s tourism website, the chimney, once part of the now-closed…
OCTOBER 16, 2024 — On Monday morning, the Mayor of Drimmelen, Boy Scholtze, raised the municipality’s official flag for the first time, according to a news release from the municipal government. The City Council had adopted the flag just a few days earlier, on October 10. The flag’s design is based on the municipal coat…
OCTOBER 15, 2024 — A delegation from Gourin, Brittany, returned on Sunday, October 13, from a trip to Alberta, Canada, to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the founding of Gourin, Alberta, reported Le Télégramme. The names of the two towns are no coincidence. In 1914, Joseph and Marie-Louise Ulliac left their home in Gourin, Brittany,…
OCTOBER 14, 2024 —The City Council of Miguelturra in Spain, in collaboration with the Spanish Association Against Cancer (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, AECC), has unveiled a special flag to mark the International Day Against Breast Cancer, observed on October 19, reported Lanza Digital. The event was part of the city’s support for the cause….
OCTOBER 14, 2024 — Today, Belgorod Oblast in Russia celebrates its annual flag day, reported Vpered. Vyacheslav Gladkov, Governor of Belgorod Oblast, made a statement on the occasion, highlighting the values embodied in the flag. Gladkov remarked, “The colors and images of the flag of the region encode the main values of our great land….
OCTOBER 13, 2024 — Today, in the town of Niharra, Spain, 15-year-old Sonsoles Fernández proudly took center stage at an outdoor plaza, gripping a sacred flag—a tricolor of purple, white, and red—as church bells rang through the air. In front of a massive crowd and an even larger statue of the Virgin Mary, Sonsoles skillfully…
OCTOBER 12, 2024 — Today, Spain celebrates , the Día de la Hispanidad, a national holiday that commemorates Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. While the celebration typically includes a grand display of patriotism, this year’s festivities were impacted by rain, leading to the cancellation of both the ceremonial arrival of the Spanish flag by air…
OCTOBER 12, 2024 — Cédric de Fougerolle, chair of the Société française de vexillologie (French Society of Vexillology), has been interviewed today by Ouest-France in his family home in Terves, Deux-Sèvres. A subscription to Ouest-France is required to read the full interview, in French. The French Society of Vexillology was founded in 1985 by Hervé…
OCTOBER 12, 2024 — The Court’s Vexillologist has finalized the options for Bothwell’s new flag as part of a local competition, with four entries set to be shortlisted. According to the Flag Institute, public voting will begin later this year, and the winning flag will be unveiled in early 2025. The submission period ended on…
OCTOBER 11, 2024 — Montenegrin political scientist Ljubomir Filipović has provided clarification on the history of the flag associated with Montenegro’s Green movement, known as the “Gaetusa.” In a column on Cafe del Montenegro, Filipović also dispels a common myth about the origins of the Gaetusa flag. Contrary to the claim found on current Wikipedia,…