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The history and design of the world’s flags, written up at length.
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Mississippi Didn't Design a New Flag in 2020. It Went Back to Its First One.
· 8 min read
The Eagle Stood Alone: How Mexico's Flag Rewrote Its Own Founding Myth
· 9 min read
The Only National Flag That's a Letter From a Dead Alphabet
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The Only Flag on Earth That Isn't a Rectangle
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One Dragon on Bhutan's Flag, Two on Its National Emblem
· 5 min read
The Dragons Guarding the Cities: London, Swansea, Ljubljana, and the Urban Career of a Legendary Creature
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The Flag of Ceylon: How a Lion Banner Captured in 1815 Was Rebuilt From a Sketch to Become Sri Lanka's Flag
· 5 min read
The Flag of Siam: How a White Elephant Ruled the Flagpole for a Century and Lost It to a Hoisting Accident
· 5 min read
Seven Stars, Six Parishes, One Argument: What the Stars on Grenada's Flag Actually Mean
· 5 min read
The Other National Symbol: What Emblems Say That Flags Can't, from Oman's Dagger to North Korea's Dam
· 6 min read
The Only Flag in the World With a Shipwreck on It: Why Bermuda Celebrates the Disaster That Created It
· 6 min read
The Star That Doesn't Belong: How Nauru's Flag Pinpoints a Tiny Nation in a Vast Ocean
· 8 min read
Four Colors, One Island: How Mauritius Built the World's Most Mathematically Honest Flag
· 9 min read
The Sun That Never Sets: How One Simple Circle Became Asia's Most Loaded Symbol
· 8 min read
Black Is Not Nothing: The Radical Political Statement Hidden in Jamaica's Flag
· 9 min read
The Map That Became a Flag: Why Kosovo and Cyprus Broke Vexillology's Most Sacred Rule
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The Coat of Arms Nobody Can Draw: Why Some National Flags Are Legally Perfect and Practically Impossible
· 10 min read
The Horizontal Stripe That Started a Revolution: How Haiti's Flag Was Born from a Torn Tricolor
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The Cedar That Carries a Nation: Lebanon's Tree and the Burden of a Symbol Under Siege
· 9 min read
The Flag That Had to Please Everyone: How the European Union's Circle of Stars Became the Most Negotiated Image in History
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The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Why Mythical Beasts Still Guard the World's Flags
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Dressed for the Coronation: Why So Many Caribbean Flags Are Still Wearing Britain's Blue
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The Only Flag in the World That Lies to You Depending on Which Side You're Standing On
· 9 min read
The Serrated Secret: Why Bahrain and Qatar Share the Same Zigzag, and What Britain Had to Do With It
· 10 min read