DOVES FLAGS
DEFINITION FOR FLAG
A
COMMON PIECE OF BUNTING OR SIMILAR MATERIAL, ADMITTING OF VARIOUS SHAPES AND COLORS, AND WAVED IN THE WIND FROM A STAFF OR
CORD FOR USE IN DISPLAY AS A STANDARD, ENSIGN OR SIGNAL.
HISTORY
IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL COMPANIES OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY
HAD THEIR OWN PARTICULAR STANDARDS. THESE WERE FORMED OF SUCH OBJECTS AS THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE, WERE ASSOCIATED IN THE
MINDS OF THE MEN WITH FEELINGS OF OWE AND DEVOTION.
SACRED ANIMALS, BOATS, EMBLEMS OF FIGURES, A TABLETS BEARING A KINGS NAME AND
FAN AND FEATHER-SHAPED SYMBOLS WERE RAISED ON THE END OF A STAFF AS STANDARDS AND THE OFFICE OF BEARING THIS WAS ONCE TAKEN
AS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER, AND AN ASSURANCE OF CELESTIAL AID. IT WAS FOR WITH ADOPTED AS THE DANISH FLAG AND CALLED
THE DANNEBROG.
I hope you'll enjoy these dove flags in
your next church presentation. I pray that the Holy Spirit will be with you!!
Thanks you, Charlotte Leonard