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Great reference to Botany Bay and Australia’s Penal Colony history in regards to the Texas Revolt: Call the Texasses Sons of America? So are the inhabitants of Botany Bay sons of England, yet who will rank the transported convicts in New Holland with honest, reputable Englishmen? And who will rank Texans with the free and intelligent sons of the New England Puritans? The character of the Texan people is well known-their journals have given notoriety -travellers have published it to the world--their character is deservedly disreputable, and in some of its traits will not compare with that of the pirates who thirty years ago infested the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies. Who will rank the murderous, thievish clans which infests every town in Texas, with the quiet and peaceful villagers of the northern states? When done, the deed is irrecoverable; therefore the project should be crushed now, and Texas, at all hazards, union or no union, should be, must be kept out! -Edmund Quincy & Dover Gazette, Anti Texas Legion Protest 1846
Leaving properties to burn which were insured by different companies is urban legend... They would actually put fires out to get the homes to switch insurances companies Yet fire companies would always put their insured propert first before helping others
I have always thought of King Alfred as the first king, I believe it was he who decided we would speak English? It maybe simply I am A man from Wessex ;-)
As a matter of fact, blackout never prevented the Germans from bombing London at night, so fining those who didn’t implement that measure strictly was stupid.
A most interesting video. My parents were still living in London in 1952 and experienced this terrible smog at first hand. However one important reason for this killer smog was not mentioned - namely the fact that after World War II Britain was bankrupt and needed something to sell. The answer was coal, which in 1948 became nationalised. Britain sold the best quality coal to other countries, which meant that the British people were left with inferior low quality coal to use for heating their homes. This inferior coal led to far more air pollution.
Living in Wales and excluded from this flag other then an English colony and having a Turkish George as patron saint - need to say no more. Diolch yn fawr.
I see now why the brits stole so many valuable artifacts from other cultures. You have too few to call your own. Pity you couldn't steal the monuments.
Iainy1954. That seemingly popular snippet of vexillological pedantry is incorrect. A joint publication by the UK Parliament and The Flag Institute in 2014 gives the definitive position and reaffirms earlier direction by both the Admiralty (1674 and 1902) and Parliament (1904). Both terms (Union Flag and Union Jack) are valid names. From a naval perspective. When the flag was introduced in 1606 it was directed to be flown by all shipping. King Charles II did issue a proclamation in 1634 that the ‘Union Flagge’ was only to be flown by naval ships; but, this order was repealed in 1707 when permission to fly the flag was once again given to merchant ships. It would appear that for many years the Admiralty referred to the Flag as the Union Jack, whatever its use - indeed the name Union Jack appears to predate the ‘jackstaff’ on ships by about 150 years. In 1902 and Admiralty Circular was issued which announced that it had been decided that either name (Union Flag or Union Jack) could be used. Parliament appears to have extended the ability to fly the flag (which it referred to as the Union Jack) from land in a statement on 14th July 1908. The 2014 document is available on The Flag Institute’s website.
Imagine you are impoverished so you steal a loaf of bread to feed your family, which probably cost a penny, you get caught so the government spends a small fortune punishing you. The trial, providing the prison ship, feeding you, staffing the prison hulks then transporting you to the other side of the world. Punishment fit the crime?
As a US citizen, I have an interest in our flag and keep a folder on interesting trivia related to it. I moved not long ago and my neighbor flies the Union Jack outside of their house. I had never seen it done and honestly thought it was in violation of our very, verrryyy long flag code. I was mistaken! In the US, you can fly another country’s flag on private property. If you were to fly both the US flag and another country’s flag, there are regulations involved for doing it correctly. My interest has now expanded to the Union Jack; I am including your video in my new folder.😊 I knew that the Union Jack is a composite of the three flags. I didn’t know it’s full history or that each of the flags represented a saint. That’s just the kind of flag trivia I enjoy! My next video to watch is why the Hawaiian flag has a Union Jack on it. That should be interesting! Thank you for the best explanation and history video on the Union Jack I have seen- and I’ve watched over a dozen. You’ve got a new subscriber! (Something in my life came up recently that might be interesting for you to research. I discovered from DNA testing that I have 99.9% genetics from England and Scotland. I joked that I probably have purer British genes than most Brits. I would love to know if that is true. I haven’t researched it yet. I live in the US South and my family (both sides) all came from the same part of our state. I don’t know when my ancestors actually came here. My daughter is researching her family tree. I hope to know more about it.)
