Accordingly, at the end of 1861 the Army of Northern Virginia adopted a (square) battle flag based on a design that had initially been rejected for the First Confederate flag and was distinct from that of the United States flag: a red field with a white-bordered dark blue saltire, the latter again bearing white stars equal in number to the number of states in the Confederacy. This banner (which became known as the "Southern Cross") was also later used in its more familiar rectangular form as the battle flag of the Army of Tennessee, and (with a lighter blue saltire) as the Second Confederate Navy Jack from 1863
The American Revolution, also known as the American Revolutionary War, was a war between the Great Britain and the 13 British colonies. This war, took place between the years 1775 through 1783. This war was caused by many reasons. One of them being due to the French and Indian war, which made the complication between the British empire and the colonists of north America increase furthermore. But did you know, the true meaning behind the loyalist
When there was bad weather they raised a smaller flag, “The Storm Flag”. However when they won the war they raised the normal
An eagle would be released and soared skyward when the funeral pyre burned, it signified the glorification of the emperor's soul. Although the eagle was not the national emblem of the Roman states, it was the emblem for the Roman armies. The gold or bronze eagle would be taken to the battlefield to be along with the solders, if it was taken by the enemy, the Romans would considered it as the greatest humiliation and would revenge no matter what. The Romans laid the foundation of using the eagle as the national emblem. In the 500, with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire used the double-headed eagle as its symbolic animal.
About! I got my color guard flag July 2nd 2017. My flag has a white pole and a blue silk known as the flag part. All of the guard members has the same flag as I do. In our shows we will use different flags that matches the theme of the show.
Horace Miner in 1956 wrote the satire piece, "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" describing the natural human in the 1950s as a tribe that were obsessed with what their bodies looked like going to the what seems as the extremes for perfection. Two of these satires were the "shrines" which in short are bathrooms and describes going to the bathroom as, "the rituals associated with it are not family ceremonies but are private and secret. The rites are normally only discussed with children, and then only during the period when they are being initiated into these mysteries. " The underlying belief to why the bathroom is kept a secret to others it’s a way that a human can get the "disease" and ugliness out of them without facing anyone. Miner talks about the medicine cabinet behind a mirror describing it as box or chest built into the wall.
The Navy Jack Flag, better known as the Confederate Flag, was the symbol that showed their allegiance to the Confederacy during the Civil War. The flag is commonly represented by two blue stripes filled with white stars on a bright red background. Throughout the time of the Civil War, the Navy Jack
But the Confederate flag did not pass once and for all into the realm of history in 1865. And for that reason, we must examine how it has been used and perceived since then if we wish to understand the reactions that it evokes today. The flag never ceased being the flag of the Confederate soldier and still today commands wide respect as a memorial to the Confederate soldier. The history of the flag since 1865 is marked by the accumulation of additional meanings based on additional uses. Within a decade of the end of the war (even before the end of Reconstruction in 1877), white Southerners began using the Confederate flag as a memorial symbol for fallen heroes.
The gold star was added to the service flag and had taken honor and is placed over the blue star. The service flag is the official banner authorized by the department of defense by the families or the members that are serving or in the armed forces. There is a day that the flag gets older and older. So every year we celebrate a day called Flag Day.
In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare Rome is struck with utter disorder after certain characters use ethos, pathos and logos to manipulate the people of Rome. One character who uses ethos, pathos and logos is Cassius to manipulate Brutus into joining the conspirators. Brutus also uses ethos, pathos and logo to justify his killing of Caesar. Last, Mark Antony uses ethos, pathos and logo to manipulate the Plebeians against Brutus and the conspirators. Thus, Cassius, Brutus and Mark Antony all use ethos, pathos and logos to manipulate one another and bring the people of Rome to their sides, resulting in total chaos.
Just before the American Revolution, there were many flags symbolizing many different independent groups. “...There was the Divided Snake, and ‘Don’t Tread On Me,’ and then there was a flag that was used by some people in the Vermont area,” says Daniel Shaw (Shaw) who has a Bachelor's in History content.
In the 7th grade a lot of us learned about Ancient Rome and Its giant monuments and its greatest rulers. But after a while, they started to fall. Because the modern U.S. and Ancient Rome have many similarities and differences, the lessons from Ancient Rome could help modern U.S. avoid the fall and collapse that Rome experienced. One way modern U.S. and Ancient Rome are similar is that they are or where the power of their time. This might affect the U.S. because everyone looks to them for help and when we have our army’s out in the world and not in the U.S. there’s no one to protect our land.
Sarty from Barn Burning Barn Burning is a short tale by William Faulkner, which discuss 10 year old boy, Sarty Snopes’ dilemma over assigning priority between his family and social justice, truth and righteousness. The story seems to be revolving around Sarty’s unceasing contemplations about his father’s integrity and justice’s philosophies and system. However, in the story, Sarty’s father, Abner Snope is used to burn the barn and notorious as an incendiary but, Sarty’s views on justice are far different than his father, and it appears that Sarty, however having younger age, possesses deep and upright stances than his father’s peculiar justice view. The entire story based on the son’s dilemma over following his authoritative father’s immoral actions and sticks to family welfare programs or goes for the self-sacrificing and moral attitude, he inherits from her mother.
American flags should not be destroyed for absolutely anything! A protest or just a dislike towards the flag does not give someone the right to harm a flag in any way, shape or form. This shows that you do not respect the flag, the soldiers that fought for it or this country. As the author of The American Flag Stands for Tolerance states, the flag is a symbol for this country, it is an icon. The American flag stands for all of the people that fought in the wars and battles to protect us.
Some people think the Confederate Flag is racist. Many people believe that the flag stands for an ugly time in our history because the flag was made during a time where people owned slaves and how the black people were unfairly treated. Many years have been passed on but till this day there are many emotions spreading just like wild fire. Another piece of evidence is that even in the year 2015, by displaying the flag everyone knows it means hostility, which means someone may not be showing an act of kindness which in this case it may offend many people due to its background history. So if the flag were to be displayed many people can take it to offense and may not show any respect of what this flag has done and is.
