Category: flags...

a flag attached to a staff or halyard; the part nearest the staff being the hoist and the outer part called the fly
colors, standards, banners, ensigns, pendants or pennants, pennons, guidons, and burgees
European flags following the practice of heraldry not to juxtapose metal and metal (yellow and white) or color and color
flags are thought to be the invention of China or India; the first "national" flags in Europe didn't appear until the Middle Ages and Renaissance
the scholarly study of the history, symbolism, etiquette, design, and manufacture of flags is vexillology (from Latin vexillum "banner")
making a flag-themed cake for Fourth of July
koans: On top of a flagpole, a cow gives birth to a calf. How will you step up from the top of a 100-foot flagpole?
Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow - red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's sight. (J. Jackson)
You're a grand old flag. You're a high-flying flag. And forever in peace may you wave. (George M. Cohan)