Welcome to the Cruesbreck (formerly Holyrood) Flags blog! This blog has a very simple purpose, to chronicle and provide more information on the flags hung on my flagpoles at Cruesbreck House. I hope you enjoy!
My goal is to post about each flag that is hung on the flag pole at Cruesbreck House. I might do some pre posting and I might do some post posting, but I hope to get good information up about the flags flying.
Cruesbreck is the name of the house on a small island in the Orkney Islands of Scotland where my family came from many generations ago.
If you have questions, please send me a message at holyroodflags@gmail.com!
September 5, 2026 – Argentina and Antarctica
Today the flag of Argentina flies at the request of my younger child’s boyfriend, who had a birthday earlier this week. The True South Antarctica flag also flies because my departure point to and arrival point from Antarctica was Argentina.
September 1, 2026 – Alberta and Saskatchewan
Today, the flags of Saskatchewan and Alberta fly in celebration of their confederation with Canada on September 1, 1905. The flag of Alberta was adopted on June 1, 1968, by The Flag Act, Chapter 31 of the laws of 1968. In 2000, the Alberta Legislative Assembly adopted the Symbols of Alberta Act, in which section…
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