Flags

thumb|right|upright=1.25|United Nations members' [[national flags]] thumb|right|upright=1.25|Setting up a flag could also possess the meaning of conquering something. Jaan Künnap with the [[flag of Estonia at the top of Lenin Peak () in 1989.]]

thumbnail|One of the two 18-metre-tall flagpoles in the Siena Cathedral. During the [[battle of Montaperti (1260), Bocca degli Abati, a Sienese spy, brought Florence's flag down, causing panic among the Florentine soldiers and ultimately their defeat.]] A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end. The cord is

thumb|right|220px|A lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards bears the Regimental Colours during an inspection of No. 7 Company, prior to the start of the ceremonial season. thumb|right|220px|17th-century copy by Gerrit Lundens of The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch aka The Night Watch with lines added indicating the areas cut down from the original painting in 1715

military officer of certain seniority

patriotic song or ode dedicated to a flag

holiday which is noted by a country's or people's flag being hoisted

flag representing the deaf community

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