Being a slight historian of military and flag history, a jack is a term used
to refer to a flag, especially a battle flag. Union coming from the fact
that Britain used to have more colonies than one could count, hence a union,
and the union's jack, or Union Jack.
Patrick Bowen,
Now lets see what the other side of the pond has to say.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Thomas [mailto:vafred@erols.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 9:55 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: union-jack
Listers, why is the Brit flag called a = Union-Jack =, I had this asked of
me this a.m. and had no answer, but, sure would like to know. "FT"
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