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Article: "Cry 'God for Harry, England and Saint George!'" King Henry V's rallying cry does not go over very well in modern, multicultural England.(The Week ...)(objection over wearing flag-of-Saint-George tiepins by corrections officers)(Brief Article)
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- November 7, 2005
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"Cry 'God for Harry, England and Saint George!'" King Henry V's rallying cry does not go over very well in modern, multicultural England. Even less acceptable is Saint George's flag, a red cross quartering a white background, which was carried prominently into battle by the Crusaders of 900 years ago in their attempts to recover the Holy Land from ... persons of a certain "faith tradition." The cross of Saint George was later taken up as the national flag of England, and is commonly flown on the saint's name day, April 23. Such grossly insensitive displays must of course be stamped out. That, at any rate, is the opinion of Ms. Anne Owers, Her Majesty's ...
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... ... Scene VI. A Field of Battle. Alarum, Excursions, wherein Talbot's Son is hemmed about, and Talbot rescues him. Tal. Saint George and victory! fight, soldiers, fight! The regent hath with Talbot broke his word, And left us to the rage of France his ...
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