Green flag
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A green flag has various significances.
National flags
- The Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was a plain green flag.
- The Flag of Saudi Arabia has a field of green, which represents Islam.
- Irish nationalism was traditionally represented with a green flag. The current flag of Ireland is a tricolour with green representing the Irish Catholics, orange representing the Irish Protestants, and white in the middle to represent peace.
- The former Flag of Mauritania.
- Various green-striped American flags flew during the Revolutionary War, with green representing the 'color of hope'. [1]
Other
- A green flag is part of a set of racing flags and indicates the beginning or resumption of an auto race.
- The actual flags flown in parks and gardens that have received the Green Flag Award.
- On rail transport in Great Britain and Ireland, green flags are sometimes used (less often than in the past) by railway guards as a signal to engine drivers that they can proceed.