the geometry of flags
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The Geometry of Flags . Revisit our stops on the great race. France. The national flag of France is known as the French Tricolour . . The flag of Spain- “La Rojigualda ”. The yellow stripe is twice the width of the red stripe. Flag of New York City. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE GEOMETRY OF FLAGS Revisit our stops on the great race.
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The national flag of France is known as the French Tricolour.
France
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The yellow stripe is twice the width of the red stripe
The flag of Spain- “La Rojigualda”
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The orange, white and blue are the colors of the Netherlands flag.
Flag of New York City
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The flag was adopted in 1971. It contains the Pan-Arab colors, red, green, white and black, which symbolize Arabian unity.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates
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The Maryland flag contains the family crest of the Calvert (black and gold) and Crossland (red and white) families.
State of Maryland
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The “Union Jack” is a combination of the flags of England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Flag of Great Britain
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Introduced 1194 A.D. by Richard 1.
The English flag of St. George
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The flag of St. Andrew
The National Flag of Scotland
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The National Flags of Scotland and England were united for use at sea, thus making the first Union 'Jack'.
The first Union Jack
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In 1801 Ireland was united with Great Britain
Northern Ireland, the flag of St. Patrick
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The cross St Patrick was combined with the Union Flag of St George and St Andrew, to create the Union Flag
The Union Jack
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England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland were now all joined together and called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Where is Wales?