Flags originated on battlefields as a means of identification and hierarchy. Over the years, they have evolved to incorporate symbols significant to the countries they represent. Click through as ...

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 ...

A patriotic pensioner was stunned when a 'cowardly' poison pen letter writer branded her 'highly disrespectful' for accidentally hanging her Union Jack flag upside down. Susan Creaser was stunned ...