Edmond Huot, chief creative officer at Forward Studio, highlights how the liveries of flag carriers help shape how nations ...

also called the Grand Union Flag, aboard the warship Alfred anchored in the Delaware River. The Colonial banner, a combination of the British Union Jack and one stripe for each Colony, is adopted ...

Pre-war, I have never seen Union Jack patterns used on shorts, boxers or ladies’ underwear. In many countries, burning or otherwise defiling the national flag constitutes a serious criminal offence.

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would be (state) “Seal on a ...