Whatzit 26 Follow-up

April 2015, and here was the context.

April 2022, and I’ve heard rumors about context but no confirmation.  It was pure serendipity that I was in roughly the same area of the Staten Island boro, enjoying springtime warmth and watching the sixth boro.

’15.  The reversal of paint is interesting.  There may be semiotic significance, but as yet, I can’t interpret.

’22. 

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Know that flag?  It’s not the one I expected. I’ll let you guess.

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All photos, 2015 and 2022, WVD.

And that’s the flag of the Comoros Islands.

 

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That declaration . . . it’s good to read it now and again, especially these days.  And since I choose to post at noon, this post will be up for half the holiday, even if the holiday is NOT the actual date the document was signed.

In civilian life, flags are freely displayed, without compulsion.  The current US flag is the 27th design.  Careb also flies the AGLCA banner and the flag of New Mexico, a location impossible to navigate to.

 

Tug Churchill and sailing canal boat Lois McClure each fly a flag, every day under way and not just on holidays.

The signers–SOME of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress–remained committed in their discussions despite their many disagreements.   A number of delegates would not sign. And the country has been the greatest possible ever since, mistakes notwithstanding.

All photos and sentiments by Will Van Dorp.

Previous flag posts can be read here.

 

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Is it just so simple that boats show off flags better than other modes of transportation do?  Maltese Falcon proudly displays the Maltese flag, whereas

Stena Stealth has probably never docked in the Marshall Islands, a popular flag of convenience, and flags of

silliness mark the escutcheons of others, like this one on Stampede.

Some flags you see in the sixth boro might surprise you, whereas

others make total sense.

But tugboats here almost always show the flag, not just on holidays like the Fourth of July.  Backlit fotos bring this fact out well, like Kristy Ann Reinauer,

Thomas D. Witte and Cheyenne,

Kimberly Turecamo,

and Irish Sea. 

Yesterday Glen Cove had them on the push knees.

Anacostia had a string of flags.

First Coast might have taken out some slack in the line.

And Kilimanjaro Spirit had these–red = dangerous cargo and yellow = my crew is healthy?

And then there are festivity flags like these on  boats racing in the 2007 race in New York.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who keeps the flag of Dominica beside the bird cage.  Wonder why?  Click here.

One July 4 tradition is fancy food;  many thanks to Bonnie aka frogma for organizing an evening of fine dining and fabulous company . . . Spamfest 2011, with an introduction for me to  . . . spam musubi!!  Be assured this dish will not harm or clutter your computer.