In 2014 we wrote a blog featuring some of ‘The World’s Most Famous Flags’. In that blog we listed the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, and China. While these are popular, well known flags, we wanted to continue the list with a few commenter suggestions. Israel, Switzerland, Australia, France... Read more
Recently, we featured the first in our series of “State Flags through the Decades”. We started with the 1800’s and noticed a shift from red, white and blue flags to flags with motto’s and different colors. What design changes might occur as we look into flags from 1900 to 1910?... Read more
St. Andrew’s Day is the “feast day” of St. Andrew. Patron saint of: Cyprus, Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, and Bulgaria, St. Andrew’s Day is also Scotland and Barbados’s national day. The day originates from an early Christian custom of commemorating each martyr on the anniversary of their death/birth... Read more
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade celebrated its first year in 1942, tying with Detroit as the second oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States. This three-hour parade is held in New York City on Thanksgiving Day and has been televised by NBC since 1952. While the floats and entertainment are a... Read more
New Zealand has been on the hunt for its next national flag during the last several months. Over 10,000 unique flag submissions were made in the hopes of making the final list and becoming the new national flag. After narrowing the search to 40 down to the final five, there is now... Read more
The Buffalo Bills are a Professional NFL football team located in the Niagara Falls-Buffalo area. As a member of the East division of the American Football Conference they share a division with the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots and New York Jets. History The Buffalo Bills began their franchise in... Read more
In the 1800’s, our country was in its first century of development. We wondered, what did flag designs consist of during this time? Do time and style transitions have an effect on flag design? Or does history itself influence the way a flag is designed? We were curious. So we... Read more
Stained glass art is the use of different colored glasses to create a piece of work, an activity that dates back as far as 4th and 5th century in churches. We wondered though, are there were any pieces of stained glass flag art out there? This technique has a thousand... Read more
We’ve done National Flags with vertical stripes, National Flags with one circle, and so many more. Today we wanted to do something a little more unique. Have you ever wondered how many national flags have olive branches? There are three national flags that have a representation of the olive branch.... Read more
NFL Teams – New York Jets The New York Jets are an NFL football team that is located in New York City. The Jets were established in 1959 and currently play in the AFC East division with the New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins. Their official team... Read more