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Some Loyalist symbols include the flag they would have recognized and a rose registered in 1976 as The Loyalist Rose. See below for more information on these symbols.
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The Loyalist Flag
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Loyalist Symbols - Remsheg Loyalists 225th AnniversaryThe flag flown by our Loyalist forefathers when they fled the newly formed United States of America was not the Union Jack. The Union Jack was first flown in 1801 when Ireland joined the British Union.

For more information on the history of Britain's national flag visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Flag#The_Union_Flag_before_1801

http://flagspot.net/flags/gb-hist.html

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The Loyalist Rose
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Loyalist Symbols - Remsheg Loyalists 225th AnniversaryThe Loyalist Rose is from the Rosa Alba family and was registered in about 1976 with the International Registration Authority for Roses by Ethel MacLeod.

For more information on The Loyalist Rose, visit:
http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Monuments/Loyalist-Rose.php
http://www.ripnet.com/sites/colonel_edward_jessup/UEL_Col_J/loyalist_rose.html