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History Lessons

Waterloo’s flag in Europe and Canada

Seal of University of Waterloo with its motto, 'In harmony with truth

Two centuries ago, British, Prussian and other armies, led the Duke of Wellington, united to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. As a result, a college in Canada is named after the conflict. And both Waterloos have flags. The mammoth number of troops deployed in 1815 needed flags to know where to… continue