Flag Day


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commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777

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It is alleged that members of the OtjikaTjamuaha Royal House on Thursday attempted to light the holy fire at the premises owned by Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) to commemorate the Red Flag Day in remembrance of Maharero, but they were intercepted by members of OTA who attacked them, destroyed their flag and other properties.
'Flag Day' which is based on a true story will be directed from a script by Tony-winning playwright Jez Butterworth, which is based on Jennifer Vogel's 2005 memoir 'Flim-Flam Man: The True Story of My Father's Counterfeit Life,' reported Hollywood Reporter.
In 2008, three Members of Parliament S.Byambatsogt, J.Sukhbaatar and Ts.Dashdorj passed a law on the establishment of State Flag Day. The State Flag Day is being celebrated for 10th year.
Kirkpatrick presented a brief history of Flag Day and raised the flag before the community.
374 of then President Diosdado Macapagal, the Philippine flag was first flown in battle on May 28, 1898, in Alapan, Imus, Cavite-hence, the (little-known) commemoration of National Flag Day on May 28.
To render the love and respect for the flag, the city also set the parade of the giant flag and "Inang Laya" (Mother Freedom), sector march on the eve of the Flag Day and the concert entitled "Uprising," film showing involving the heroes and the flags and other various activities with the revered Philippine flags at the fore.
Flag Day is a national campaign, which falls on 3 rd November every year, launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in November 2013 to commemorate the accession of His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan as President of the nation.
"The Flag Day is a unifying occasion that expresses the belonging and loyalty to the nation and to its good leadership," Emirati Ambassador Hamad al-Shamsi said in a word.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, also stressed that Flag Day this year is special as the UAE celebrates the Year of Zayed.
Abu Dhabi: First Abu Dhabi Bank joined Flag Day celebrations by raising the UAE flag at the bank's headquarters in Khalifa Business Park, Abu Dhabi.
UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, celebrated UAE Flag Day with his daughter Sheikha Al Jalila and students of a number of schools and people of determination at the Union House in Dubai.
RAMALLAH, September 30, 2017 (WAFA) -- Palestinians celebrated on Saturday Flag Day marking two years since the hoisting of the Palestinian flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York.