The Vexilloid Tabloid #27, July 2010
Portland Flag Association Publication 1 Portland Flag Association “Free, and Worth Every Penny!” Issue 27 July 2010 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Let Your Flags Wave Let Your Flags Wave 1 By John Hood (1960) from France Most of you know that I maintain August 04- Cook Islands, New Zealand Flag Retirement Ceremony 2 a database of occasions to fly (P) Constitution Day (1965) Flags in the News 3 flags. I don’t pretend that it is August 05- Peace River, BC, Can. (F) Flag Adopted (1970) July 2010 Flutterings 4 absolute, but it is pretty thorough. August 06- Bolivia (P) Independence Day Next Meeting Announcement 5 Some dates can be argued, but none are without some prove- (1825) from Spain Flag Related Websites 5 nance. For example, Flag Day August 07- Larrakian Aboriginals, Aus. 6 (F) Flag First Flown (1996) Flag Quiz does not necessarily equate to August 08- West Linn, OR, USA (P) City our June 14th, but rather the day Incorporated (1913) that seems most important to the August 09- Singapore (P) Independence flag of that country. I have Day (1965) from Malaysia abridged the list drastically, taking August 10- Missouri, USA (P) Admission only one occasion per day for the Day (1821) next two months and trying not August 11- Chad (P) Independence Day to repeat locations. If you find (1960) from France any error, let me know—if you August 12- Sacramento, CA, USA (F) have the flags, fly them. Flag Adopted (1989) August 13- Central African Republic (P) Independence Day (1960) from France August 14- Pakistan (F) Independence Day (1947) from UK August 15- Asunción, Paraguay (P) Founding of the City (1537) August 16- Liechtenstein (P) Franz Josef II's Birthday (1906) August 17- Indonesia (P) Independence Day (1945) from Netherlands August 19- Bahrain (F) Flag Confirmed (P) Primary Holiday (F) Flag Day (1972) August 01- Switzerland (P) National “There is hopeful sym- August 20- Flag Society of Australia (P) Day (1291) Founding Day (1983) bolism in the fact that August 02- British Columbia, Can.
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