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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Flags of the Confederate States of America: National flags are those that identify a nation.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Otherwise, there are likely to be millions more wrapped in the flags of their respective nations or tribes or factions or sects before the battle is over.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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Some flags used in Arab nations show the eagle of Saladin, a Muslim warrior who fought the Crusaders in the 1100's.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Early warships often carried flags from many nations on board in order to elude or deceive the enemy.
Three Flags Ceremony held on near the base of Gateway Arch commemorates the transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from Spain to France to the United States, and also looks to the Indian nations who were affected by this change.
Sixteen nations fly their flags on Antarctica and seven have staked territorial claims.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Nations do sometimes change their national institutions and their national symbols Constitutions are amended and flags are redesigned but usually such changes occur as a result of some dramatic event in a nation's history.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The flags featured are the current flags of all the nations which previously made up the former Soviet Union and at the center is the University of Chicago's official shield.
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Abu Kashir,
Gas Station Attendant
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When the flags of the new countries of India and Pakistan were then hoisted, Hari Singh approached both nations for a Standstill Agreement.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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Fourteen European nations say they will not use flags or anthems at Moscow Olympics in protest of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The sixteen state flags of soviet republics symbolized the peaceful efforts of the nations of the state.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Flags of many nations were raised over the Louisiana Territory before Louisiana became a state, notably flags of the French, the Spanish, the United States and the Confederacy.
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