flaggery

Noun

1. The ostentatious display of flags.
   • One writer said "Broadway was hidden in a cloud of flaggery." And the roll of drums, the booming of cannon, gorgeously dressed soldiers parading the streets in every direction, […] - 1885, John Austin Stevens, Benjamin...
   • The last century amply demonstrated a link between flaggery and bogus patriotism. Are flags something we should put behind us as relics of humanity's childhood? - 2010, Greg Gould, Lesley Boland, Sean Harverson, Caught...