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Star-Spangled Banner (flag) The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. It is on exhibit at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
The flag of Washington D.C. consists of three red stars above two red bars on a white background. It is an armorial banner based on the coat of arms granted to Lawrence Washington ( George Washington 's 3rd great-grandfather) of Sulgrave Manor Northamptonshire, England, in 1592. [2] This coat of arms was used privately by the president in his ...
The Black Banner or Black Standard ( Arabic: الراية السوداء, romanized : ar-rāyat as-sawdāʾ, also known as راية العقاب ( rāyat al-ʿuqāb, " banner of the eagle " or simply as الراية , ar-rāyah, "the banner") is one of the flags flown by the Islamic prophet Muhammad according to Muslim tradition. It was ...
The conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines arose from the political divisions caused by the Investiture Controversy, about whether secular rulers or the pope had the authority to appoint bishops and abbots. Upon the death of Emperor Henry V, of the Salian dynasty, the dukes elected an opponent of his dynasty, Lothair III, as the new emperor.
The Order of the Red Banner ( Russian: Орден Красного Знамени, romanized : Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of Soviet Russia ...
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Adolf Hitler reviewing SA members in 1935. He is accompanied by the Blutfahne and its bearer SS-Sturmbannführer Jakob Grimminger.. The Blutfahne (pronounced [ˈbluːtfaːnə]), or Blood Flag, is or was a Nazi Party swastika flag that was carried during the attempted coup d'état Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, Germany on 9 November 1923, during which it became soaked in the blood of one of the SA ...
Prix Pictet, 2021 [5] Sally Mann (born Sally Turner Munger; May 1, 1951) [1] is an American photographer known for making large format black and white photographs of people and places in her immediate surroundings: her children, husband, and rural landscapes, as well as self-portraits.