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!
May 18, 2026 – Greenland
Today, the flags of Greenland and Denmark fly. The flag of Greenland was adopted on June 21, 1985, after a process that began 12 years earlier, in 1973. The white half of the flag symbolizes the icecap, icebergs and ice floes, while the red half symbolizes the rising and setting sun, which gives the sea…
May 16, 2026 – Armed Forces Day
Today the flags of the United States and the United States Navy fly in commemoration or Armed Forces Day. Armed Forces Day honors the approximately 1.34 million women and men currently serving our nation in its six armed services: the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force.
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