Photo Hunters: Flags
June 27, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber
Filed under Photo Hunters, Revolutionary War
It seems like an eternity since I last participated in Photo Hunters. And it’s been a few weeks since tnchick’s site had problems, and the old default look is still up. :S
The theme for this week is Flags. Well, I’ve got some flags!
Does anyone know what the New York State flag looks like? It looks a lot like this one.
That flag is at Fort Stanwix in Rome, NY, the place of a defense fort for the French & Indiar War and the American Revolution War. This was the flag of one of the many regiments stationed at Fort Stanwix (each regiment seemed to have their own flag, because the colonies were not united into states before the Revolutionary War). The New York State flag borrowed from this Stanwix regiment flag. Here’s our state flag.
Here are flags hanging at the Children’s Museum in Utica, NY. These flags represent the largest ethnic groups that have come to settle our area. According to numerous Bosnians who have been flocking to New York State in recent decades, Utica, NY, is known throughout the world as America’s “emigration capital.”
And here are some flags hanging on the U.S.S. Slater, the great battleship destroyer escort during World War II and the Korean War. These flags, placed in certain colors and orders, communicate information to other ships. When we visited the Slater, the tour guide told us what thes eflags were “saying,” but I forgot. Maybe it had something to do with letting us in for free, heh heh. 
And this is an old “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, that was another flag of a one of the regiments for the American Revolution. This one hangs at the Oriskany Battlefield, in Oriskany, NY (known as the bloodiest battle of the Revolution). This “Don’t Tread on Me” flag was signed by veterans after the events of 9/11 in the country.
So that’s my Flag for Photo Hunters! How did your Photo Hunt go today?
Samantha & Mr. Tigger and Maverick on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:37 am
Great Flags Mrs. Mecomber!! Love the don’t tread on me one!! Thanks for sharing and Have a wonderful Saturday!!
Your FL furiends,
Mai on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:47 am
Nice to know more about New York and how its flag looks like. Thanks for sharing!
kissedalotatoads on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:58 am
A neat and colorful array of flags. Good post. My post is up, come on by..
Tara R. on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 10:15 am
Wonderful set for this week’s theme. I love that last picture with all the signatures.
marta on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 10:17 am
Nice selection of flags – I also love the last picture with the signatures.
Brita on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 11:03 am
Wonderful collection of flags. I too like the last one.
Brita on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 11:09 am
What a great collection of flags.
srp on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 11:11 am
I have always loved the signal flags of ships.. but doesn’t it seem like such a difficult way to communicate… especially during war time when you had to make sure you changed the code of colors once in a while… cell phones do have an advantage.
My flags are here.
Willa on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 11:25 am
what a neat collection of flags!
jams o donnejll on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 11:35 am
What a wonderful selection of flags, Happy weekend
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 11:53 am
Those are great flags. My favorite is the Don’t Tread on Me one with all of the signatures.
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
Claudia on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 12:08 pm
Wow, you really did an excellent job! Thanks for sharing and visiting!
Gigi on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 12:28 pm
These are very cool.
Lynn on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 1:18 pm
Excellent and great variety, thanks for sharing. I really like that last one too!
Juliana RW on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 1:31 pm
wow…lots of flags shots.
Thanks drop at my ph post
Dianne on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 2:03 pm
Awesome shots-as usual! Lots of history here. Missed you!
Jan on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 2:37 pm
thank you for stopping by today…..very nice photos and variety! well done!
Cindy O on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 2:39 pm
Aloha Ms.Mecomber,
Really enjoy browsing through your flag entry. Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing:)
Cindy O
Jenny A. on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 2:57 pm
Thanks so much for visiting my site!
I always get a little bit of an education here on your site. I love that.
Have a good weekend!
kaye on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 6:52 pm
love your flags
YTSL on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 7:55 pm
Welcome back to Photo Hunting — and with such a great entry too. Love the photos and also the commentary. Re the New York state flag: my, what a complex one it is! I wouldn’t want to be a kid in New York trying to draw his or her state’s flag… ;b
liferamblings on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:01 pm
great selection for the theme. i love the last pic best though. happy weekend!
East Gwillimbury WOW! on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:02 pm
Cool collection of flag shots. I think the last one is my favourite.
Arlene on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:23 pm
Hi mrs. M, thanks for visiting my flag. Your love collections here are great for the theme.
Happy Sunday!
Carver on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:27 pm
Great choices for the theme. I enjoyed your post so much.
PowersTwinB on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 9:28 pm
Welcome back to Photo Hunt! We missed you! Great photos with your children and the flags, alas, I know nothing about Navel Flags…but great photos and an interesting history lesson with them! My hunt is up please come and visit
Gabriel on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 10:50 pm
Great pictures!!! I especially liked the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag. Excellent job.
Oh, and thanks for dropping by.
leslie on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 10:53 pm
That flag’g so beautiful – really unusual. Have a great weekend!
Napaboaniya APAD on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 11:40 pm
Nice to learn about the flags history in your post
RJ Flamingo on Sun, 28th Jun 2009 6:59 am
Welcome back! I never would have thought of Utica as an “emigration capitol”. I always learn something here… Super post and thanks for visiting me, too!
Teena in Toronto on Sun, 28th Jun 2009 9:38 am
Nice to see the Canadian flag peeking through.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sue on Sun, 28th Jun 2009 12:14 pm
Great choices for the theme! I had no idea what the New York State flag looked like before. Thanks so much for visiting my entry and happy photo hunting!
rdl on Sun, 28th Jun 2009 6:13 pm
good take on the theme!
magiceye on Sun, 28th Jun 2009 11:48 pm
interesting collection!
Irene on Mon, 29th Jun 2009 4:28 am
Oh! I just realized I have some flags photos taken on a ship last year. Thanks for dropping by.
Dragonstar on Mon, 29th Jun 2009 2:20 pm
A great collection of flags. I love the ‘language’ of the naval flags.
Maria on Tue, 30th Jun 2009 11:44 pm
This was all so interesting! I know very little about flags, but you definitely did a great job of teaching me something today!
JO on Wed, 1st Jul 2009 1:46 am
great pics!
Here’s mine even though it’s late.