NOW I KNOW what was the glorious impetus for the Ukraian flag. Take a look
Today, in a humongous local hospital, visiting a close family member, I got seriously lost in the hallways. I always study the art on the walls, it's second nature. I came across this one, and took the photo.
I explained to the doctor who came along that the reason I took the photo was because they are the state flowers of Ukraine and they exported the most sunflower oil on earth. He did not know, and was really happy to learn. He said his church had gathered $10 000 for Ukraine, and he himself was financially aiding two hospitals there.
He then helped me find my way.
Only later when I showed the photo to my grandson who came for a visit as well, did it dawn on me when he immediately said: this photo shows the origins of their flag.
Enjoy:
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that all the limestone rock for The Cathedral of the Plains came from my Mom's granddad's farm.
On a side note, Sonny's in Liebenthal has the best tasting hamburgers around this area. IMO
some are better than others, Gella's Diner always has great ones.
Doubt if anyone ships bierocks out of town.
My father was somewhat fluent in German which came in handy while serving in Patton's 3rd Army,
he was often the first solider to interrogate new German prisoners, always had plenty of candy bars
handy for that task.
Have always thought how lucky we were (& Italians) to not go to internment camps like the Japanese
during WWII. Little harder to identify & round us up I guess.
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See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ukraine#History
Snips...
Yellow–blue, red-black, crimson-olive and especially raspberry colour banners were widely used by Cossacks between the 16th and 18th centuries. These were not the only possible combinations, since normally Cossacks would fly their hetman's banners, which were similar to the coats of arms of the nobility. Also, yellow and blue were the colours common on coats of arms in Galicia. In fact, the coat of arms of Lviv to this day remains a golden lion on a blue field.
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Yellow-blue vs blue-yellow
Ukrainians commonly refer to the flag as "yellow and light blue", a different version of the flag used during UNR (Ukrainian National Republic) years (1917–1921) with yellow on the top and blue on the bottom. The yellow on the top allegedly represents golden domes (cupolas) of Christian churches and the blue the Dnieper river.
Although most Ukrainians identify their flag in the spoken language as "yellow and light blue", the current flag in reality is blue (the upper band) and yellow (the lower band). The issue is quite significant, because the historical alteration of the flag (from yellow–blue to blue–yellow) did not affect the spoken language.[citation needed] Back in 1848, the flag was yellow and blue,[citation needed] and it was later changed to blue and yellow to be more appealing to the common person.[citation needed] A common explanation of "blue sky above yellow field of wheat" was invented around that time, as Ukraine is considered Europe's breadbasket, or "blue sky over sunflowers," which is their national flower.[citation needed] Although this evocation of a Ukrainian landscape has nothing to do with the choice of colours or the history of the original yellow and blue, it has formed the Ukrainians' conception of their flag.
As with all things human, plenty of opinions and reasoning to go around but I do commend your grandchild for being so observant and for thinking about Ukraine!
KY........
