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"The Battle of Alicudi Off Stromboli", 8th January 1676. Painting by Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin. A French fleet led by Abraham Duquesne fights Dutch and Spanish ships under Michiel de Ruyter during the Franco-Dutch War. [3840x2784]
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"The Battle of Alicudi Off Stromboli", 8th January 1676. Painting by Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin. A French fleet led by Abraham Duquesne fights Dutch and Spanish ships under Michiel de Ruyter during the Franco-Dutch War. [3840x2784]

u/MikeFrench98 — 5 days ago
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"Onward! The clash at Chenebier", by Alphonse de Neuville. The French Army of the East fight German troops during the Battle of the Lisaine (15–17 January 1871, Franco-Prussian War). [3164x2161]

u/MikeFrench98 — 12 days ago
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Italian Bersaglieri and French Zouaves fight Russian troops during the Battle of Chernaya (August 16, 1855, Crimean War). Painting by Giacomo Mantegazza. [1260x896]

u/MikeFrench98 — 13 days ago
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Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans, by Giuseppe Rava. Joan of Arc leads the French forces against the English to liberate Orléans during the Hundred Years' War, 1429. [1260x674]

u/MikeFrench98 — 15 days ago
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"Gunfight on the Roanoke", by Tom Freeman. The gun crew of the U.S.S. Miami witnesses the sinking to the U.S.S. Southfield by the C.S.S. Albemarle, April 19, 1864. [1500x1157]

u/MikeFrench98 — 1 month ago
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"1870-1871, Army of the East", by Alphonse Chigot. A Dominican friar helps a wounded Algerian tirailleur from the French Army of the East after a battle against German forces, Franco-Prussian War. [1084x1400]

u/MikeFrench98 — 3 months ago
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Various paintings depicting the Battle of Denain (24 July 1712, War of the Spanish Succession) by Giuseppe Rava

u/MikeFrench98 — 3 months ago
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"Breakthrough at Chipyong-Ni", by H. Charles McBarron Jr. United Nations forces break through communist lines during the Battle of Chipyong-ni, Korean War (1950-1953).[2048x1254]

u/MikeFrench98 — 3 months ago
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"The Federals Final Rally Turns the Tide", Battle of Stones River, American Civil War, December 31, 1862. Painting by Andy Thomas. [1599x951]

u/MikeFrench98 — 3 months ago
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I love simplicity

The South Dakota flag doesn't need much to be good. Take away the seal and the lettering, add a border (I love those too), and you've got a unique, recognizable and nice-looking US State flag.

As for the symbolism : A blazing sun on a field of sky blue for the Sunshine State and its seemingly unending plains, and a golden border for the bountiful harvests from these same plains.

!wave

u/MikeFrench98 — 4 months ago