England Flag
The history of England national flag is very old. The flag of England is one of the oldest flag of the world, or it would be better to say that, the flag of England is the number one ancient flag of the world. The roots of the England flag are in the 12th century. The saint George was the legend of the England; he had homicide the dragon in the previous 12th century. The saint George was the earliest supporter of England in the duration of 13th century. In the 11th to 14th century, series of wars were happened between the Muslims and the Christians, for evacuating the Muslims from the holy land of Christians. These wars were held by the fundamentalist European Christians, who were against Muslims. So in these wars the cross sign was first used by the Christians on their flag. The Red Cross is one of the oldest emblems that depict the England. The flag of England is also referred as the English flag. In 1545, the flag of Saint George was used as an English flag at sea.
Most of the people think that the union jack is the England flag and many people don’t know the fact that the Red Cross flag is the actual English flag. The union jack is on the flag of United Kingdom, England, Wales, and Scotland came in the circle of Great Britain and Northern Ireland also came in the circle of United Kingdom. All these countries within the United Kingdom have their own flag. While in the flag of United Kingdom that is Union Jack the Saint George’s cross is integrated.
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The description of the England flag is very simple and has no controversies regarding the variation of the flag of England. The official flag of England is made in the proportion of 3:5. The background of the England flag is of only one color that is white color. At the top of the flag of England the one horizontal red color strip is drawn at the middle of the flag, and one vertical red color strip is drawn on the England flag. It would be appropriate to say that a red color cross is drawn on the flag at the center of the flag. The cross is running from one end to the other end of the flag of England both in the horizontal line and in the vertical line. There is not any emblem drawn on the flag of England.
The meaning of the flag of England is simple, and not so much controversial like the description of the flag. As the flag of England is totally inspired from the ancient saint George, who was the key supporter of the England. The Red Cross usually depicts the Christianity or scarifies for the human beings. Also the red color depicts the blood of martyrs. The white color depicts the peace of the country and the whole humanity.
At the country level there are many different England flags used, like the military England flag and many others. At the world cup of cricket, there are many waving English flags all over the England because the cricket is the national game of England. Many children, youth and specially the cricket audience usually wear the English flag shirts in the ground and many large England flag can be seen waving in different sports grounds.
The picture of England flag is easily available on internet, and also in the market. One can download English flag wallpapers from many website for free.
