Flags & Banners Flashcards
American Flag
A symbol of our nation’s strengh and unity
- 1776 - Besty Ross credited with sewing the first flag
- 1777 - established as the offical flag
- must have 13 stripes alternate red and white. Seven red and 6 white stripes.
- the union must be 13 stars (50 now) five pointed stars, white in blue field representing a “new Constellation”
- Each star represents a state,
- Nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars.
- Blue rectangle the “canton” named the Union
- 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies, when we declared independence from England
- The first official U.S. flag flown during battle was on August 3, 1777 at Fort Schuyler (Fort Stanwix) during the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
- Flags with golden fringe are for ceremonial displays of the flag, such as those in parades or on indoor posts, often use fringe to enhance the beauty of the flag.
- Some private use is year-round, but becomes widespread on civic holidays like Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Presidents’ Day, Flag Day, and on Independence Day. On Memorial Day it is common to place small flags by war memorials and next to the graves of U.S. war veterans. Also on Memorial Day it is common to fly the flag at half staff, until noon, in remembrance of those who lost their lives fighting in U.S. wars.
- The flag is displayed at half-staff (half-mast in naval usage) as a sign of respect or mourning. Nationwide, this action is proclaimed by the president; statewide or territory-wide, the proclamation is made by the governor.
- 1892 - Pledge of Allegiance -
- Stand
- with right hand placed over the heart or at attention,
- men remove their headdress.
- In uniform give a military salute
- 1931 - congress recognizes the Star Spangled Banner as the national athem by Francis Scott Key
Names for American Flag
The American Flag
Old Glory
Star and Stripes
Flag of the United States of America
The Red, White and Blue
Sungjo Kee (Korean name)
Pledge Of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with libery and justice for all.
The Star Spangled Banner
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twlight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air.
Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Colors of the American Flag
- Red: Symbolizes Hardiness, Valor or the bloodshed in the Revolutionary War.
- White: Symbolizes Purity and Innocences
- Blue: Represents Vigilance, Perseverance, Justice and is known as the battlefield or the heavens above.
The Korean Flag
Called Taegoo Kee
Theory of Um-Yang
Expressed by movement in the world
the Moon is Um and the Sun is Yang
the earth is Um and the heaven is Yang
a woman is Um and a man is Yang
Harmonious state of movement is Um-Yang is the Taegoo
Kwae the four symbols on the flag
represent the principle of movement and harmony and are made up of 3 bars.
There are 8 Kwae total only these 4 on the flag.
Colors of the Korean Flag
the Taegoo or colored symbol in the middle of the flag
Top is Red and is Yang
the bottom is blue and is Um
together they represent the state of harmony of Um-Yang
White of the flag in the background stands for peace and the purity of the korean people.
Location upper left
Heaven - Kun
Location lower right
Earth - Kon
Location lower left
Fire - Yi
Kwae
What are all 8 Kwae?
- Heaven
- Earth
- Fire
- Water
- Wind
- Thunder
- Lake
- Mountain
Location upper right
Water - Kam
Olympic Flag
- 1914 - Presented to Olympic congress to be Olympic flag
- 1920 - Flown 1st at the Antwerp, Belgium games
- 5 rings - symbolic of 5 continents of the world (7 actual continents)
- Colors - Blue, yellow, black, green, red and white represent the color used by all the countries on the all the flags around the world.
- Since 1960 it is brought to the open ceremony and hoisted, and flown for the games and lowered and at the close of the games to signal the end of composition.
USATaekwondo
- Used to honor the USAT olympic ties
- Five point star with 5 colors represent the colors of the olympic rings with the white background.
Boltz Family Martial Arts Academy
- Korean characters written in Hongul -
- top two mean - Family
- middele two mean - martial arts
- bottom two mean - academy
- Kicking figure
- Represent student training
- Head and body represent training mind and body
- One leg touch the ground - remind students to stay grounded
- One leg kicking into the sky to remind students to strive for new heights
- Um-Yang - balance and harmony
- examples Man- Woman, Youth-Adult, and Color belt- Black belts
- Circle around the Um-Yang - emcompassing all parts to represent family, strength and protection that our martial art family provides
- colors -
- White - beginning of a student’s color belt training
- Red - the end of color belt training
- Black - the beginning of martial art training after a student has learned the basic skills
- Gold - represents the leadership team and instructors. The passion for the martial arts and the desire to share it with others - giving the Boltz’s Martial Art Academy it heart.
