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The Vexilloid Tabloid #17, April 2008 Portland Flag Association Publication 1 Portland Flag Association “Free, and Worth Every Penny!” Issue 17 April 2008 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: GOOGLE-MANIA: Following the Yellow Brick Road GOOGLE-MANIA 1 from Pulaski and Plagues to Hillary and NAFTA Flag Related Websites 2 By Marshall Goldberg Publications—Current Titles— 4 April 2008 Flutterings revealed a Civil War journal of a 5 The Seasons Maryland pharmacist turned ship’s The Flag Quiz 6 surgeon, YELLOW FLAG, by Stew- Next Meeting Announcement 7 ard C. Marion. The yellow jack was So Long, Harry 7 a quarantine flag flown from ships (and at times from port entries) in- Following the April PFA meeting, I pursued my interest in Count Pu- dicating the presence of yellow laski’s Revolutionary War Banner, fever. devised to represent his independ- ent cavalry legion. Googling the Maryland Historical Society— repository of the original banner Lima signal flag Quebec signal flag made by the Moravian women of Editor’s note: Currently the Lima flag is Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—led to a used within the harbor to indicate quaran- discursive ride through history, tine and the Quebec flag is used to request sports, politics and botany. pratique (license proving good health). This jack also figures in an 1872 detective novel, THE YELLOW FLAG, by Edmund Hudson Yates and a 1939 movie, YELLOW JACK, directed by Georg B. Seitz. In fact, yellow fever was also known as “yellow jack” because of the warn- ing flag. Historical reference per- sists in the yellow jack flag of a If the flag needs protection at football team—Team Yellow all, it needs it from members Count Pulaski’s Banner Fever, a coed flag football league of Congress who value the symbol more than the free- Reviewing the Historical Society (Continued on page 2) doms that the flag represents. If you wish to compliment the editor, or to contribute in the future, contact John Hood at —Rep. Jerrold Nadler, 2005 503-238-7666 or [email protected]. If you wish to complain, call your mother. 2 Portland Flag Association Publication Google-Mania a big yellow flag of caution Flutterings (against) NAFTA” (NYT (Continued from page 1) 4/1/08), according to her own (Continued from page 4) statement. However, she was of Arlington, Virginia. known to have held numerous Scott was once more out of the meetings in 1993 in support of country but he did submit some NAFTA. flags he has been doodling with; see his article on page 8. In conclusion, beware of blind trust in search engines for rele- Marshall will be spending more of vancy and good sense in pursuit his time in Los Altos, CA with his of vexillological knowledge. Fol- daughter so he brought a small Los lowing the yellow brick road— Altos flag, but we didn’t get a pic- ture of it. Next time I’ll have my camera ready! Team Yellow Fever John had no new flags, but he did provide an update from the various Other digressions via search en- publications he receives. eFlags, the gines will lead the unwary to the virtual flag magazine from the Flag “Yellow Flag Iris” (a flower), the Institute is a new approach to get- ”Yellow Flag (Bus) Line” in Bang- ting the word out. And leave it to a kok, Thailand, and the three yellow librarian to create An American flag warning signals used by NAS- whether to Oz Abecedary of Flags as Kevin Harring- CAR. ton did in his latest Flagcan. Michael Orelove was in Alaska but he did send in a packet of goods. Caution Debris Restart He maintains 20 year time capsules on Road Race and this year opened 1988. The 1988 calendar he forwarded, coinci- Returning to healthcare, “Yellow dentally, had the flags, flowers and Flag” is defined in the journal, DY- emblems of Canada. He also sent NAMIC CHIROPRACTIC (11/30/02 or through Sophia, Bulgaria colored paper so we could design a -Vol. 20, Issue 25), as “Risk factors flag for the PFA—maybe next associated with chronic pain or dis- will not necessarily yield enlight- time. ability.” Included is a yellow flag enment. scoring questionnaire. Some Flag Related Websites Darwin, Northern Territory (Australia) http:// Yellow flags of political correctness NAVA http://www.nava.org www.nationalflags.com.au occur across the political spectrum. Bruno V. Manno waves a flag of Flag Institute (United Kingdom) Flag Society of Australia http:// caution in his article, YELLOW http://www.flaginstitute.org www.flagsaustralia.com.au FLAG—A FORUM ON CHARTER Flags of the World http:// Flag Research Center (Massachusetts) SCHOOLS (EDUCATION NEXT, www.fotw.net http://www.flagresearchcenter.com Winter 2003, Vol. 3, Number 1). Hillary Clinton (not to be left be- Elmer’s Flag & Banner http:// Southern African Vexillological hind her spouse’s efforts) “...raised www.elmersflag.com Assoc. http://www.sa-va.org.za Portland Flag Association Publication 3 World Flag Update message of peace and unity could best schools. The Franciscan Mon- not have come to a better place. tessori Earth School at 14750 SE By John Carroll Clinton St. is led by Mother Fran- The World Flag is on the move! After unveiling The World Flag, cine and the Franciscan Sisters of The flag flies at schools, places of students learned about the history The Eucharist. At this school the worship, from businesses and from of the U.S. Flag, identified flags of kids have a 5x8 foot flag raised people’s homes throughout the the world, and named the seven from their flag pole each day to re- world. Here is a short list of some continents. mind them that we all share this of the places The World Flag has amazing planet together, and each of the 300 students have been given recently been flying in the last few a flashcard by The world Flag Pro- months: Australia, Germany, Ne- ject used to learn about the coun- pal, India, Argentina, Canada, Nor- tries, places and people of the way, Costa Rica, Israel, Antarctica, world. The kids go one step further Italy, England, Nova Scotia and and learn about geography, the en- throughout the United States. Here vironment and relationships that are a couple of stories about The The students created their own the countries are dealing with. World Flag being used in the U.S. countries, and designed flags to As The World Flags message of World Flag Ambassador Sarah represent their imaginary lands. "Teaching Unity-Sharing Diver- Griggs gave as a gift The World The World Flag Project culmi- sity" spans the Globe, more peo- Flag to Ms. Taylor's first grade nated in students describing the ple begin to understand the posi- classroom at Scott Montgomery national language, food, animal, tive impact The World Flag is Elementary school in Washington, and geography of their country. having on individuals and com- D.C. Ms. Taylor is an educator in They even created a national munities. Teach for America. dance, which they demonstrated to the rest of the class. For further information and up- dates, go to: http:// The World Flag is also part of daily www.theworldflag.org life by one of Portland, Oregon's Over the last year, Scott Mont- gomery Elementary has experi- enced external gang activity on and around the school property, includ- ing graffiti on school buildings, drug dealing, as well as the stashing of firearms on the grounds. While the school has taken measures to ensure the safety of students, these children still face many challenges outside the protection of the school's walls. The World Flag's 4 Portland Flag Association Publication April 2008 Flutterings You Need to Know John Carroll told us of the progress At the last meeting, Ted had won- Ted, via NAVA, received a letter of The World Flag (see his article dered what the U.S. Flag would and pictures of a flag purporting to on page 3. He said that the colors look like with the stars replaced be from the German battleship for the flag have not been satisfac- by the state flags, since most are “Bismarck” that was sunk in 1941. tory and that they are trying to re- white seals on blue backgrounds. The person wanted to know what solve the problem. The editor cobbled together a few to do with it, perhaps sell it at auc- arrangements and here is the one tion. Ted had discussions with sev- It was good to see Ken Dale who that showed this phenomenon the eral experts within NAVA and the has been marked absent recently. best: conclusion was that this is not as A friend of his, who was unable to come, provided him with a “Flag of Honor” for “show and tell.” It is a standard U.S. Flag, but with the names of each victim of the 9/11 tragedy printed on the stripes. A rather powerful statement from The Tribute to Honor Organiza- tion. State Flags in Canton by Order of Admission Flag of Honor first thought. Because of the size, the lack of battle distress and vari- ous markings, it probably was from an auxiliary boat or perhaps a per- sonal flag. None the less, it was an interesting puzzle. Mike showed off his Franklin Mint striking of 64 sterling silver ingots of the flags of the American Revo- lution. Elmer, Mike’s step-father, got them in 1975—all at once—he couldn’t wait for one a month! No one realized that there were that many different flags from that pe- riod and the presentation case shows them beautifully. Detail of Flag of Honor (Continued on page 2) Portland Flag Association Publication 5 The Seasons sons of the year.
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