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Updates on the flag(s) flying in my front yard here in Michigan!
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Flying Detroit for George DeBaptiste, a heroic leader of the Underground Railroad in the city, which led escaped slaves to freedom in Canada!

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Medicare for All! Healthcare is a human right!

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Flying Nigeria today! On this day in 1961, the northern portion of the colony of British Cameroon voted in favor of joining an independent Nigeria!

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Flying the Wiphala today! On this day in 2009, this flag, a symbol of indigenous peoples across the Andes, became the co-national flag of Bolivia!

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Flying the Pan-African and South Carolina flags today! Today is the beginning of Black History Month here in the US, and we’re honoring the Friendship Nine, a group of young African American activists who stood up to segregation and racism in the 1960s!

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Flying Croatia in honor of the Croatian-Slovene Peasants Revolt, which began on this day in 1573! #flag #flags

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Flying England and Nottinghamshire today! Nottingham has played an important role in English history. Notably, at age 17 King Edward III, whose reign began on this day in 1327, staged a coup at Nottingham Castle against Roger Mortimer, who had been the de-facto ruler of England as Edward’s regent.

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Flying Brazil today! On this day in 1835 the Malê Slave Revolt began in the Bahai region of the Brazilian Empire with over 600 slaves and free Afro-Brazilians, inspired by Muslim teachings, rising up against their masters and oppressors!

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Flying the United Nations and Paris today! Hell bent on making things worse in a million ways, President Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the United Nation’s World Health Organization and from the Paris Climate Agreement, signed in 2016 at the UN Climate Change Conference

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Flying the Resistance flag and the Trans Pride flag today because fuck Donald Trump, he’s an authoritarian, rapist, transphobe who has stoked fear of immigrants, seeks to further enrich the already super wealthy, and has enabled racists around the world. He sucks! 🥰

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Flying Minneapolis today for Bde Maka Ska! On this day in 2018 the Minnesota DNR officially changed the name of Lake Calhoun (named after an asshole slave holder) to Bde Maka Ska, the original Dakota name of the lake! 🥰

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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge). You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*

submitted 36 days ago • 281 comments

Flying Rhineland-Palatinate today! Today is the birthday of Nero Claudius Drusus (born in 38BC), the Roman general and emperor who founded the capital of this German state - Mainz.

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Hello BlueSky! On this page I'll be showing the flags flying in my front yard throughout the year. Today is Samoa, flying in honor of the Mau movement which resisted imperialism from Germany and later New Zealand! #vexillology #flags #samoa

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment