flag:

See G. Campbell and I. O. Evans, The Book of Flags (5th ed. 1965); M. Talocci, Guide to the Flags of the World (1982).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The U.S. Flag
• Signaling and Communication
• Historical Development of Flags
• Bibliography

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