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[โ€“] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

Could be ๐Ÿค”

Maybe I'm gonna find out who started this and if he had any motive at all to pick the Flag ๐Ÿค”