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240 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive overview of the flags of the world's nations offers a concise look at the history of hundreds of national, international, official, and provincial flags from around the globe, along with information on the historic and symbolic significance and development of every national flag.
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Language
English
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Flags of the Fifty States is an indispensable historical reference and a fascinating, beautiful pictorial guide to the rich diversity of America's fifty states. It provides a colorful way to learn about how the United States grew and prospered and shaped itself and its banners over the years. With stunning, full-color reproductions of each flag, this book offers a thorough and eminently readable account of how and why each flag was designed, what...
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that focuses on the Confederate Battle flag and its impact on the people, politics, and perceptions of South Carolina and beyond. Through firsthand interviews featuring various perspectives and a wealth of historical footage, Downing of a Flag traces the symbol's controversial relationship with the Palmetto State, exploring its true meaning and how an unspeakable tragedy catalyzed its long-debated removal. The story begins with...
11) Betsy Ross
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the Philadelphia seamstress credited with sewing the first American flag.
13) Our flag
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Physical Desc
8 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a simple introduction to the American flag in an easy-to-read text that incorporates phonics instruction and rebuses.
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Physical Desc
ix, 182 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares the story behind the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," in 1814, telling how Francis Scott Key, having witnessed a critical battle between British and U.S. troops from a truce ship, was inspired to write the song after seeing the garrison flag still flying over Fort Henry in Baltimore, Maryland; discusses the Smithsonian Institute's efforts to preserve the actual flag; and considers how the song and the flag have come to symbolize American...
19) Closed for storm
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina sits a lasting monument of the devastation. Six Flags New Orleans is currently sitting abandoned, rotting away in the Louisiana swamp. The film explores the past, present, and future, to find out how this incredible theme park became frozen in time and left in and endless void of uncertainty.
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Fun day fairies volume 5
Physical Desc
67 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rachel and Kirsty must recover the Friday fairy's special flag from Rachel's grandmother who thinks it's just a pretty new scarf.
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