The subculture of flying flags dates returned centuries, serving as a way of conversation on battlefields

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The custom of flying flags dates back centuries, serving as a means of conversation on battlefields. They conveyed messages of allegiance and victory, permitting armies to coordinate events and innovations without verbal verbal exchange.