Judging by all of the flags you'd think it's St. George's Day today. It's not of course; it's simply England's first match in the World Cup against the USA. I've seen a few photos of the English flag - also known as 'St. George's Cross' or the 'Colours of Saint George' - all over the Internet, but I have yet to see any as big as the one I've captured today.
This one is huge and I suppose technically isn't a flag. It's currently on the Council House that resides in the City centre of Nottingham, which is home to the lion statue that I photographed on day six. I would have liked to have seen how they put it up.
I found the English adulation reserved for the St. George flag ironic. In my experience, most little Englanders' knowledge of who he was, what he stood for and where he was from is limited at best. Saint George was a Roman Catholic soldier and priest who, according to folklore, slayed a dragon. His birthplace is disputed but it is likely to have been in Palestine, although I've read some say it was Turkey. He is of course a Patron Saint, adopted by the English; he never actually visited this nation of ours.
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