{"id":64193,"date":"2021-06-07T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=64193"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:08:18","slug":"the-history-of-the-scottish-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/06\/07\/the-history-of-the-scottish-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of the Scottish Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSWkBu33qsc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>History With Hilbert<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 4 May 2018<\/p>\n<p>One of the most prominent parts of the Union Flag is the Scottish Flag or Saltire, which is a bonny flag in its own right as well. In this video, as part 2 of my series on the Union Flag and the flags that make it up, I&#8217;m going to look at why this flag became the Scottish flag, what&#8217;s the symbolism behind it and which ones came before it. Lots of vexiology, historiography and etymology to come, strap in because this, is History with Hilbert! <\/p>\n<p>Music Used:<br \/>\n&#8220;Sneaky Snitch&#8221; &#8211; Kevin MacLeod<br \/>\n&#8220;Up and Away&#8221; &#8211; Holfix<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9YmM_\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9YmM_\u200b&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Heroes &#8211; CO.AG&#8221;:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V9yVZZIBqxI&#038;t=0s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V9yVZ&#8230;\u200b<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Eastern Thought&#8221; &#8211; Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br \/>\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License<\/p>\n<p>All images are from the Public Domain of Wikimedia Commons and Pixabay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-07-at-09-44-34-The-History-of-the-Scottish-Flag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-07-at-09-44-34-The-History-of-the-Scottish-Flag-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-07-at-09-44-34-The-History-of-the-Scottish-Flag-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-07-at-09-44-34-The-History-of-the-Scottish-Flag-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-07-at-09-44-34-The-History-of-the-Scottish-Flag-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-07-at-09-44-34-The-History-of-the-Scottish-Flag.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History With Hilbert Published 4 May 2018 One of the most prominent parts of the Union Flag is the Scottish Flag or Saltire, which is a bonny flag in its own right as well. 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