{"id":2813,"date":"2017-06-20T06:49:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T05:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/web\/?p=2813\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:16:35","slug":"preservation-old-glory-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/blog\/2017\/06\/20\/preservation-old-glory-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Preservation of the old \u2018glory and pride\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a span of eight decades, the long journey of the Ivanaj Family flag has come to an end!<\/p>\n<p>This large (3 \u00bd meters wide) emblem, made of beautiful Albanian wool, waved in the wind for the first time in 1937 on the balcony of the Ivanajs\u2019 residence, built in the area of Albania\u2019s capital, still known as \u2018Tirana e Re\u2019.\u00a0 It was carefully preserved by Mrs. Giuseppina Ivanaj and daughter Drita throughout the years and their relocations in life, as recounted in this <a href=\"\/web?page_id=2264\">article by Pertefe Leka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Its reappearance in the gentle breezes of Tirana occurred only on June 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2009 when it was briefly displayed again on the same balcony of the Ivanaj property, re-obtained after almost two decades of surmounting incredible and chaotic juridical, political entanglements and procedures in the new democratic Albania.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2813 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Delivery of the flag\" data-caption=\"Flag delivery\" href='https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/flag-delivery.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/flag-delivery-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Delivery of the flag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/flag-delivery-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/flag-delivery-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/flag-delivery-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/flag-delivery-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/flag-delivery-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2816'>\n\t\t\t\tFlag delivery\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Framing of the flag\" data-caption=\"Flag framing\" href='https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/framing1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/framing1-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Framing of the flag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/framing1-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/framing1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/framing1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/framing1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/framing1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2818'>\n\t\t\t\tFlag framing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Mounting of the flag\" data-caption=\"Flag mounting\" href='https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Flag-mounting-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Flag-mounting-1-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mounting of the flag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2820\" 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\u201cReziden\u00e7a Ivanaj\u201d in Tirana!<\/p>\n<p>It was a labor of love and cooperation to encase it in a big, framed, black background, covered by 6mm thick tempered glass, which covers one entire wall of the largest area of the Foundations\u2019 premises, which is going to be known as \u201cSalla Ivanaj\u201d.\u00a0 Here it will remain permanently displayed with other historical mementos in memory of the Ivanajs whose dedication to their Fatherland\u2019s culture and education will continue through the Foundations in their name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a span of eight decades, the long journey of the Ivanaj Family flag has come to an end! 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