Do you have a National Flag Day and, if not, would you want one?
My last holiday was to the three countries of the Caucasus: Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. I was struck by the observation that each of these three countries has a national flag day.
Wondering how common or how rare this practice is, I checked it out on Wikipedia and learned that over 50 countries – around one quarter of all nations – have a national flag day. Check out the full list here.
Notably absent from this list is my own country of the United Kingdom. Here public displays of patriotism – such as honouring the flag or singing the national anthem or displaying pictures of the national leader – are rare and the whole concept of national pride is somewhat understated. I confess that I rather like this.