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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2008.06.09 (07) [E]

From: Tom Mc Rae <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2008.06.09 (03) [E]

 On 10/06/2008, at 3:28 AM, Brooks, Mark <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
 wrote:

Subject: LL-L "History" 2008.06.07 (06) [E]
I doubt it has anything to do with the Dutch flag.  Red, white, and blue
flags with open on them are common all over Texas.

Such red white and blueopen  flags used to be common in Britain as well.
Craziest use of the colours has to be at the time of Liz's coronation when a
Scottish butcher sold strings of
re white and blue sausages. Honestly !

Regards
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us
Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us
Robert Burns


Also worth remembering that at the time of Dutch colonisation of N. America,
their flag was orange, white and blue, not red, white and blue. They
switched to red sometime toward the end of the 18th C. because with the dyes
of the time, red was more visible at sea than orange.  Watching Holland
trounce Italy 3-0 in the opening Euro 2008 match last night brings home how
much the old colour still resonates!

Paul

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From: wim <wkv at home.nl>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2008.06.09 (07) [E]

>From wim verdoold

wkv at home.nl
Zwolle city
Netherlands

Hi!

Here is the wikipedia website about the flag of the Netherlands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Netherlands
it 's a long story so I won't copy it.

As a kid I was also told  the red stands for the blood spilled in 80  years
war of liberation against spain,.
The white for the tears, and the blue for the sea we fought on.

I hope this was any help..

Hartelijke groeten,

wim

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