George Armistead, had asked for a suitable flag to fly above it, "so large that the British will have no difficulty ... honoring an ancient Greek poet who lyricized life's joys.

Since Confederation, the Canadian national flag had been the British Union Jack - a symbol of Canada's former colonial status. The Red Ensign - a modified version of the flag of the British ...

He is the British aristocrat ... Scotland was flying not the Union Jack but the ancient flag of Scotland, boldly flaunting the Lion Rampant. In this emergency the 24-year-old Earl Marshal and ...