Facts about Flags

Listed below are some facts about flags around the world.  Come in today at American Heritage on Olive Blvd to learn some facts about flags and share yours as well. While you are here, you can buy a United States Flag, State Flag, flagpole, and much more. We look forward to seeing you. 

 The words “Allahu Akbar” are repeated 22 times on the flag of Iran. 

John Rabe, a member of the Nazi Party, prevented the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians at the hands of the Japanese by setting up a refugee zone under the Nazi flag. –Source

The first African-American to receive the Medal of Honor in the Civil War was Sgt. William Harvey Carney who, despite being shot in the face, shoulders, arms, and legs, refused to let the American flag touch the ground.

The flag of Mozambique has an AK-47 on it

There was about a 15 year  period in which the flag of France was just a white flag