Friday, October 2, 2009

RED DRAGON FLAG AT 50: Is it not time to ditch it?

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Time for a change, lets get rid of the Tudor 1911 Investiture Rag!
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The Official Line: Flag of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Flag of Wales is Y Ddraig Goch (English: The Red Dragon), consisting of a red dragon passant on a green and white field. As with many heraldic charges, ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Wales - Cached - Similar - The Red Dragon is as old as Cadwladr, but the present flag was a 1911 Invention based on the Tudor Pennant flown at Battle of Bosworth. You will see below that the Green & White bit is not even particularly Welsh.
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50th Anniversary line, I believe this celebrates England's Queen granting us this 'Red Dragon flag' as our National Flag: Welcome to the official website for the Arts Council of Wales "SWICA is especially proud to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the official adoption of the Red Dragon onto our national flag by producing our first ...www.artswales.org.uk/viewnews.asp?id=1159 - Cached - Similar - DO WE REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT?
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Some other choices for a new National flag: Welsh separatist and independentist flags White Eagle of Wales flag; Croes Naid; Patriotic Front flag; Other separatist flags ... His aim was to protect the Welsh language in a world where English ...www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-w-ind.html - Cached - Similar - Myself, I favours a Welsh Republican Flag strongly followed by an 1831 Red Banner, though I imagine most patriots would favour Baner Glyndwr. As for Baner Dewi, forget it! that's a 1922 Anglican Church Invention as much beloved by the 'Cambrianistas' who deem it so important, they forbid Baner Glyndwr to be up front in their annual Dewi Day Parade in Caerdydd. Surprisingly, or not most Patriots who attend this parade accept this disrespect for the only historically correct Flag of an Independent Wales - Cenedl Glyndwr - Cenedl Cymru Rydd.
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Let's go with the Welsh Republican Flag, and it's easy to make too.

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Gethin.