scottishkot: Теперь непальские!!!

Теперь непальские!!!
Ниже вы видите махараджидхираджу, живое воплощение бога Вишну, пятикратно божественного и священного императора Непала по имени Гьянендра.

А теперь, насладившись ликом пентакампеона, обратите внимание на его фуражку. Точнее, на кокарду.

Таки обратили?

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true_kaa@lj
2006-07-06 07:47 (ссылка)

History of the American Flag (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875838.html)
According to popular legend, the first American flag was made by Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress who was acquainted with George Washington, leader of the Continental Army, and other influential Philadelphians. In May 1776, so the story goes, General Washington and two representatives from the Continental Congress visited Ross at her upholstery shop and showed her a rough design of the flag. Although Washington initially favored using a star with six points, Ross advocated for a five-pointed star, which could be cut with just one quick snip of the scissors, and the gentlemen were won over.

Betsy Ross and the American Flag (http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagtale.html)
According to Betsy, General Washington showed her a rough design of the flag that included a six-pointed star. Betsy, a standout with the scissors, demonstrated how to cut a five-pointed star in a single snip. Impressed, the committee entrusted Betsy with making our first flag.

“George Washington’s original pencil sketch for the flag indicated 6-pointed stars, a form he apparently preferred.

Betsy Ross, however, recommended a 5-pointed star. When the committee protested that it was too difficult to make, she took a piece of paper, folded it deftly, and with a single snip of her scissors, produced a symmetrical five-pointed star. This seeming feat of magic so impressed her audience that they readily agreed to her suggestion.”

Affidavits (http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagaffs.html).

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