Flag of the District of Columbia

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The flag of the District of Columbia was introduced on October 15, 1938 by a commission of the US Congress of the United States . The current version was designed by Charles AR Dunn (based on a design from 1921).

George Washington Coat of Arms (stylized)

It is based on a banner with the coat of arms of the George Washington family , the namesake of the city of Washington, DC It comes from England ( County Durham ) and dates back to 1592.

description

The flag consists of three red five-pointed stars ( mullets ) over two red parallel stripes that run the entire width. The basic cloth is white. The ratio is 3: 5.

Original description:

“The proportions of the design are prescribed in terms of the hoist, or vertical height, of the flag as follows: the upper white portion shall be 3/10 of the hoist; the two horizontal bars are each 2/10 of the hoist; the white area between the bars 1/10 of the hoist; and the base, or lowest white space, is 2/10 of the hoist. The three five-pointed stars have a diameter of 2/10 of the hoist and are spaced equidistant in the fly, or horizontal, dimension of the flag. "

- Government of the District of Columbia, untitled monograph, 1963, pp. 21-23. In: Flags of the World flagspot.net

Others

In an internet poll by the North American Vexillological Association in 2004, this flag was voted the best of all US city flags.

See also

• Seal of the District of Columbia
• Chicago flag
• List of flags of the United States

literature

• The Flag Institute (ed.): National flags of the world . Hamburg: Edition Maritim, 2000. ISBN 3-89225-402-8
• Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states . Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 1992. ISBN 3-570-01082-1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Washington, DC Tops American City Flags Survey" ( Memento of the original August 23, 2011 Webcite ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. North American Vexillological Association press release October 2, 2004