The Mayan ruins at Tonina in Chiapas Mexico are about half way between San Cristobal de las Casas and the Mayan ruins of Palenque, just south of the small city of Ocosingo. Driving from San Cristobal de las Casas you will reach the statue of a Mayan warrior at the entrance to Ocosingo.
Full Definition of ENSIGN. 1. : a flag that is flown (as by a ship) as the symbol of nationality and that may also be flown with a distinctive badge added to its design.2. a: a badge of office, rank, or power b: emblem, sign. a flag that is flown (as by a ship) as the symbol of nationality and that may also be flown with a distinctive badge added to its design. 2.
The Continental Navy raised the Colors as the ensign of the fledgling nation in the American War for Independenceâlikely with the expedient of transforming their previous British red ensigns by adding white stripesâand would use this flag until 1777, when it would form the basis for the subsequent de jure designs.