Florida school board votes to remove name of Confederate general

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48. Actually Great Britain did change its Flag after it lost the War for American Independence

The war ended in 1783 (Yorktown was in 1781, but the actual peace treaty took another two years to iron out).

Technically the flag of England is the Flag of St George:



The Flag of Scotland is the Flag of St Andrews:




In 1606 The British started to fly the "Union Jack" a combination of the English Flag St George and the Scottish Flag of St Andrews, with the Act of Union of 1707 the Union Jack became the flag of Britain:




In 1801 The British did change they flag to the present flag, which included the Irish Cross of St Patrick within the while lines of the Cross of St Andrews (Scotland).




Thus the British did change they flag after losing Americam just 18 years later


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom