Monthly Archives: October 2012

Your Flag and Hurricane Sandy

Take your flag down!

New American flags

Big State Flags

Big state flags are hard to find.  Most flag company’s have state flags from 2 x 3′ to 6 x 10′ for sale.  Big Ohio flagsHere at Flag-Works we have all the state flags from 2 x 3′ up to 12 x 18′ in nylon (except Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi).  We also have Ohio state flags in larger sizes 15 x 25′, and 20 x 30′. These nylon Ohio state flags and the polyester Ohio state flags are readily available for your big time needs.   Big Texas state flagsOf a matter of coarse, Texas state flags can also be made in in the sizes above and  20 x 38′, 30 x 50′ and 30 x 60′.  Now that’s a big flag. Texas flag history is full of historic Texas flags. PS If you wanted an Ohio state flag that big I’m sure we can make a custom Ohio state flag for you. One more thought, we do have these flags in small sizes but that’s for another day.

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Revolution of 1944

In 1944, October Revolutionaries ended General Jorge Ubico y Castaneda thirteen-year dictatorship (1931–44) of Guatemala, he was overthrown by the Guatemalan nationalists.  There will be many political demonstrations and marches as well as lively celebrations with music and dancing. Guatemalans love to set off fireworks and this day is no exception. Visit the biggest towns and cities to experience a Guatemalan style celebration .  Remember to fly a Guatemalan flag in celebration.

Guatemala flag

Flag-Works provides quality made Guatemala, Guatemalan flags that are produced to international color and design standards.  Guatemalan flags are made using 100% Solarmax nylon fabric, strong canvas heading and #2 brass grommets.   Guatemalan flags look great indoors and outdoors.  Guatemala flags are suitable for companies and organizations that fly flags on a daily basis or someone who is proud to show their heritage.  Order your Guatemala world flag today. Didn’t find your flag, give us a call.

We stock the Guatemala, Guatemalan flag in 4×6 inch, 12×18 inch, 2ft x 3ft, 3ft x 5ft and 4ft x 6ft, 5ft x 8ft and 6ft x10ft sizes in nylon.

New York City Flag

City of New York flagThe first European settlers to the New York area were from Netherlands in the year sixteen hundred and twenty five. That is were the colors blue, white and orange for the city of New York flag come from. The Netherlands flag is orange, white and blue bars of equal dimensions. The state seal in blue has the number 1625 in it to designate the year the settlers arrived. Flag-Works over America has the City Flags available for purchase in sizes of 2×3, 3×5, 4×6, 5×8, and 6×10. All the flags are made in the USA with 200 denier nylon. The flags are heavy duty with a header and grommets.  If your city is not in our list maybe we can make your city or town flag too.

Individual Signal Flags

What does this spell?

For those familiar with the International Code of Signals this would be simple.  For those with no experience it might as well be a foreign language.  All and all the signals spell  “FLAG” the signals used to spell this are “F-Foxtrot, L-Lima, A-Alfa, G-Golf”.  The international code of signals consist of 40 flags and pennants.  There are the alphabet (26 letters)  there are 10 numbers (0-9) three repeaters pennants and one code answering pennant.  Our code flags are made in America (not Sri Lanka or China) of nylon in all the approved colors.  We offer the signals as a complete set with carry bag or individually.    So for those who have a boat, camp, yardarm these make great displays when spelling simple terms.  The signals come in various sizes from Size 0, 1′ x 1 1/4′ to Size 14, 4′ x 6′ either with ash toggle, brass snaps and rings or brass grommets.

Each signal also has a phrase associated with it such as M-Mike means “I am stopped” or L-Lima “Stop Instantly”. For a full list of the signal flags visit Flag-Works over America.

 

Small American Flags “Stick Flags”

American flags come in all sorts of sizes from very large to very small.  Many small flags are mounted on sticks and are used for honoring our military who gave their life to protect our freedoms.  Some are used for waving in a parade and others are used to make patriotic displays.  stick flagThe small American flag comes in, various inch sizes of 4 x 6, 6 x 9, 8 x 12, and 12 x 18.  These small flags are mounted onto different size shafts creating the stick flag.

  The American stick flags use  cotton sheeting which provides a traditional approach for grave marker flags, giveaways, premiums and waving in parades.  These hand held small American stick flags can be hemmed on four sides, or use a no fray cotton sheeting.  The no fray keeps cost to a minimum.

The smallest of the small flags are the 4 x 6 inch flags mounted on a 10 inch  plastic shaft.  This flag is also know as the desk flag, whereby many people use a plastic base and put them on their desk.  small desk flags

This flag comes in all of the foreign country’s, state, religious military and historic flags.  Flag-Works can provide with all of your needs wether you need 60 gross of grave marker flags for your cemetery, 1000’s of flags for a parade or just one desk flag for your desk.  Visit us today! Flag-Works over America