23 Apr 10 St George’s Day

Today is St George’s Day in England. It’s not a national holiday there, but some folks there are campaigning to make it so.

First hoisted in 1191, the historic Flag of St. George became England’s flag in 1278. The flag is dominated by an upright, deep-red cross.

When combined with the flags of Scotland and the Patron Saint of Ireland, they collectively form the UK flag, commonly, but incorrectly called the Union Jack.

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29 Jan 10 Haiti: Update from Red Cross

The Red Cross are the latest charity to be using ipadio to update us from Haiti. Hear about what they’re doing and find a link to donate here:

http://blog.ipadio.com/01/the-british-red-cross-are-in-haiti-too/

We’ve also seen further updates from Save The Children, Oxfam and the UN Foundation on how rebuilding is beginning:

http://blog.ipadio.com/01/more-charities-in-haiti-using-ipadio/

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23 Apr 08 St. George’s Day

Today is St George’s Day in England. It’s not an national holiday there, but some folks there are campaigning to make it so.

First hoisted in 1191, the historic Flag of St. George became England’s flag in 1278. The flag is dominated by a upright, deep-red cross. When combined with the flags of Scotland and the Patron Saint of Ireland, they collectively form the UK flag, commonly, but incorrectly called the Union Jack.

This is reposted in part from a previous article

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