GAK67: I agree fully with what you said about a flag being symbolism and how they change. I feel like pointing out one significant exception: the Confederate flag. People are still waving that one despite the 'nation' (or part of a nation) it represented being long gone, though what that group stood for -- or what we now have ascribed to that flag and that group's intentions, whether the description is fully accurate or not -- is just as old-fashioned and out-of-date. Plus it always seems strange to banter around a flag for the losing and treasonous side of an internal war.