History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire

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Barlow Cumberland. History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire

History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire

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THE UNION JACK

NOTES ON FLAGS

History of the Union Jack. And Flags of the Empire

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXII

CHAPTER XXIII

CHAPTER XXXIV

CHAPTER XXV

CHAPTER XXVI

CHAPTER XXVII

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

APPENDIX D

DIAMOND JUBILEE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA,

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Barlow Cumberland

Published by Good Press, 2019

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It is quite evident, then, that national flags are not merely a haphazard patchwork of coloured bunting, nor by any means "meaningless things." Their combinations have a history, and, in many cases, tell a story; but of all the national flags there is none that bears upon its folds so interesting a story, nor has its history so plainly written in its parts and colourings, as has our British "Union Jack."

Our present enterprise is to search out whence it got its name, how it was built up into its present form, and what is the meaning of each of its several parts. This is not only an enquiry of deepest interest, but is of practical and educational value, for to trace the story of the successive combinations of our national flags is to follow the history of the British race.

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