Signal flags adorning a ship mast at the
US Navy Memorial (across from the National Archives), September 2010. The International Code of Signals designates a flag for each letter in the Roman alphabet, plus each Arabic numeral (see
here for more). Ships use such flags to communicate important messages to one another on the sea.
P.S. You can see some earlier posts for other takes on "the language of flags" - i.e., the
special language that is used in order to describe flags, and the ways flags themselves can communicate
symbolic meanings.
P.P.S. No, I don't know what these flags say! If anyone knows the code, let me know...
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