Topics about "Flags"

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A Queer Eye on Art History

Discover new perspectives of celebrated and famous artworks

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Pride

The flag, the parade, the photographs, and preserving the memory of Stonewall

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Portugal, A Maritime Legacy

Explore Portugal's sea culture and how it shaped the nation

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Space Shuttle Discovery

Explore an icon of the shuttle era

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Palazzo del Quirinale

Writings on the Wall

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Thai Flag Museum

Thailand

Symbols of Battle: Civil War Flags

This collection includes flags from several National Park Service sites. Flags serve many purposes. They symbolize a people and represent national pride. Flags convey a shared history. Over the centuries, military units have carried flags and colors. Colors and flags affirm group identity. They build pride and morale, and represent the group's honor. In battle, flags served as a rallying point when a formation was broken. Troops gathered around the flag to regroup, attack or retreat. Flags marked specific individuals, locations and functions such as hospitals and ambulances. Infantry regiments regularly held trooping ceremonies. Colors were paraded up and down the line of assembled soldiers to music to make sure the men remembered the colors. A guard of non-commissioned officers usually protected flags and colors. Held in great reverence, a regiment's honor was embodied in its colors. The entire regiment was humiliated if its colors were lost in battle. From the establishment of the United States Army in 1785, US regular infantry regiments carried colors. Regiments didn't carry the United States flag, as it was felt that no one unit could carry the national honor into battle. By the 1840's, the infantry carried the United States flag with the regimental number or title printed on one of the white stripes. If the flag was lost in battle, only that regiment's honor, and not the national honor, was lost. During the Civil War, a soldier who captured enemy colors or saved his unit's colors frequently was honored. In addition to receiving a medal honor, a soldier was sometimes given a leave of absence. Soldiers who captured enemy colors were often mentioned in dispatches or listed on a role of honor.

Consorzio Per La Tutela Del Palio Di Siena

Italy

National Museum of the Marine Corps

United States

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte

Brazil

Gozo Nature Museum

Malta

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

United States

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ExploreImaginarium 2015 – Level 4, SAM at 8Q

ExploreImaginarium 2015 – Level 2, SAM at 8Q

ExploreImaginarium 2015 – Level 3, SAM at 8Q

ExploreImaginarium 2015 – Level 1, SAM at 8Q

ExploreAircraft Carrier Intrepid - Flag Bridge Level

ExploreWeapons room and flags

ExploreThai Flag Museum

Topics about "Flags"

A Queer Eye on Art History

Discover new perspectives of celebrated and famous artworks

Pride

The flag, the parade, the photographs, and preserving the memory of Stonewall

Portugal, A Maritime Legacy

Explore Portugal's sea culture and how it shaped the nation

Space Shuttle Discovery

Explore an icon of the shuttle era

Palazzo del Quirinale

The Home of all Italians opens its doors to everyone

Mexichrome: Photography and color in Mexico

Virtual Gallery: Can You Name #5WomenArtists?

Carnet de voyage

Francisco Villa, a life dedicated to the revolution

Histories and Futures: Selected Works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Writings on the Wall

7 collections

Thai Flag Museum

Thailand

Symbols of Battle: Civil War Flags

Consorzio Per La Tutela Del Palio Di Siena

Italy

National Museum of the Marine Corps

United States

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte

Brazil

Gozo Nature Museum

Malta

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

United States

944 stories

19 June - 23 June: What's New?

Mourning a President

"You never saw such excitement"

Richmond Barracks

US Flags in Plains Beadwork

Wyoming State Museum

Alternative Pride Flags

The Original Rainbow Flag

GLBT Historical Society

History of Pride Flags in Protest

Naval Communications

Biblioteca Central de Marinha

The Original Pride Flag

The Thai National Flag

Thai Flag Museum

Cape Horn, Panorama of a Whaling Voyage: (Roll 3, Section 1)

New Bedford Whaling Museum

New Bedford, Panorama of a Whaling Voyage: (Roll 1, Section 1)

New Bedford Whaling Museum

The Spanish Flag in the Civil Guard

Museum of the Civil Guard

From the Plan of Iguala to the Homeland Labar

Archivo General de la Nación - Mexico

Black, Red, and Gold

Hambach Castle

Follow the Flag

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

Italian Tricolour Flag

Quirinale Palace

The Art of Gilbert Baker: A Symbol of Hope, Freedom and Love

GLBT Historical Society

Victory

Musée de l'Armée - Hôtel des Invalides

Punch bowl

Museu do Oriente

Canada's National Flag Turns 50 !

Canadian Heritage

Make Way for your Highness!

Quang Binh Tourism Department

The Changing Face of the Pride Flag

Sharon Chin (Malaysia)

Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)

Life Inside the Contrade

Consorzio Per La Tutela Del Palio Di Siena

The Art of the Ball

Museo del Estanquillo

The "Festa Titolare"

Consorzio Per La Tutela Del Palio Di Siena