{"id":1583,"date":"2023-12-16T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2022-12-26T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T15:57:30","slug":"did-you-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/did-you-know-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Scotland&#8217;s national flag is the St. Andrews&#8217;s Cross, also called the &#8220;Saltire&#8221;. It is the oldest of all European flags and is said to have originated in 832AD at a battle that occurred in East Lothian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/saltire.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"359\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/saltire-1024x359.png\" alt=\"The Saltire\" class=\"wp-image-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/saltire-1024x359.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/saltire-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/saltire-250x88.png 250w, https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/saltire-150x53.png 150w, https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/saltire.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s national flag is the St. Andrews&#8217;s Cross, also called the &#8220;Saltire&#8221;. 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