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Flags Over America: A Star-Spangled Story
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Flags Over America: A Star-Spangled Story

Every flag tells a story. Whether it's a scrap of cloth tied to a stick or an elaborate banner, people have used flags to announce themselves, identify their lands, and display their beliefs. Award-winning author and illustrator Cheryl Harness brings to life a picture book history of flags focusing on the United States' revolutionary beginnings, from liberty poles to the legendary "Star-Spangled Banner" that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814. Includes a glossary of flag terminology and an American flag timeline.
 
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Tags: Star-Spangled, their, flags, legendary, poles
Put Out More Flags
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Put Out More FlagsPut Out More Flags

Put Out More Flags is Waugh's superb send-up of "smart" England, the bohemian crowd, as World War II approaches. Making a return appearance, Basil Seal this time insinuates himself into an odd but profitable role in the country's mobilization.
 
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Tags: Flags, Basil, appearance, return, insinuates
Flags and standards of the Napoleonic Wars
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Flags and standards of the Napoleonic WarsFlags and standards of the Napoleonic Wars

It has not been my intention in compiling this book to attempt to give a complete encyclopedia for flags and standards of the Napoleonic era. Such an undertaking would produce an immense work running into several volumes and requiring a lifetime's research. This book contains information on the flags and standards of the main combatants of the Napoleonic conflicts. It is designed to be of interest to model soldier makers and collectors, diorama makers, and wargamers who wish to have their armies led by the correct colours.
 
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Tags: Napoleonic, standards, flags, research, contains, makers, Flags
Flag (Eyewitness Guides)
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Flag (Eyewitness Guides)Flag (Eyewitness Guides)

Discover the story of flags and banners - their history, their meanings and how they are used. Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the history of flags around the world. Superb color photographs give the reader a unique "eyewitness" insight into the story of flags -- from the earliest heraldic banners to the national flags of today. See the flag of a Chinese pirate ship, the banners of medieval knights and the standards of modern generals, the flags of the French and Russian revolutions, and the national flags of 160 different countries.
 
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Tags: flags, banners, national, history, their, Eyewitness
Flags of Our Fathers
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Flags of Our FathersFlags of Our Fathers

James Bradley - Flags of Our Fathers

In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag.

 
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Tags: history, raised, American, James, Bradley, Fathers, Flags