The key to cracking the code of vexillology is to understand ‘proportions’ and ‘hues!’ Flags are not just about designs and colors, they are a bit more subtle than that, they are about the hues and the proportions that inform those designs. If you understand that, you’ve hoisted yourself up to glory. The flags of
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How many flags of Europe are there? There are 50 recognized countries, 28 of whom belong to the European Union (EU). Each country’s flag is an iconographic representation of its history and culture and is often an indicator of a secretive relationship to another nation with whom there is a shared past. You just have
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The story of the Lithuanian Nation is one of the best kept historical secrets! As the centennial of Lithuanian Independence was commemorated on February 16, 2018, let’s look at the story of this nation and its illustrious history from pagans to kings, for in it are lessons for us all. Don’t mind the tongue-twisting words
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Lithuania’s long-lost Declaration of Independence is going to be returned back to Lithuania just in time for its Centennial celebration. There is one catch however; the historic national document is set to be LOANED to Lithuania for 5 years by the German government. Although an act of political generosity and good will, some Lithuanians see
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One of the most inspirational stories of 2017/2018 has to be that of the Miraculous Declaration. On the eve of the centennial of Lithuanian Independence, its long-lost declaration of independence is discovered buried deep within a Berlin archive, just in time for the prodigal declaration’s homecoming. Preparations were then set in motion to welcome home
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In order to truly understand the Lithuanians, one must understand its PEOPLE, FLAG, ETHNO-GEOGRAPHY, and LANGUAGE. You will be surprised and amazed to find out how a country the size of South Carolina can have such an illustrious world history and deep-rooted traditions that stretch back to the very first settlement of Europe millennia ago!
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All this fuss about tearing down our Civil War statues and monuments initially got me into a rage. The more I thought about it, however, the more I realized it’s all MEANINGLESS! Don’t let these acts of illegal historicide get you down, here’s how you can act now. There are those out there who would
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Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest was among the most brilliant tacticians of the Civil War. Having served the Confederacy with such distinction and valor that even Ulysses Grant and Tecumseh Sherman could not help heaping military praises upon the man! Nathan Bedford Forrest’s infamy is illustrated in this incredible Civil War story. In April 1863
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Which side of the Civil War would you be on if you had to choose now? Would you join the Union or the Confederacy? More importantly, HOW would you make that choice? Would you choose because of where you live? Because of how you were raised? Because you like the uniforms? Believe it or not,
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Why did a ship runaway from it’s mission under direct orders in April 1861? Civil War Blunders abound but this one involves the USS Powhatan, Fort Sumter, and an over-ambitious lieutenant named David C. Porter. History recalls this story as the Seward-Meigs-Porter Affair. As the story goes, at the outset of the Civil War in
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