lawrence@lemmy.worldM to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months agoLoyalty to the flaglemmy.worldimagemessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squarelath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoDunno for US, but in some monarchies, the flag was carried around by representatives who delivered the will of the king/queen/emperor/etc. So seeing the flag was the same as seeing the ruler in person. Symbolism I guess.
Dunno for US, but in some monarchies, the flag was carried around by representatives who delivered the will of the king/queen/emperor/etc. So seeing the flag was the same as seeing the ruler in person. Symbolism I guess.