Résultats de recherche
Le drapeau du district de Columbia (en anglais Flag of the District of Columbia) est l'un des emblèmes officiels de district de Columbia, le district fédéral des États-Unis. Le drapeau se compose de trois étoiles rouges au-dessus de deux bandes rouges sur fond blanc.
- Washington
Drapeau du district de Columbia . De haut en bas, de gauche...
- Washington
Le drapeau du district de Columbia est l'un des emblèmes officiels de district de Columbia, le district fédéral des États-Unis. Le drapeau se compose de trois étoiles rouges au-dessus de deux bandes rouges sur fond blanc. Il correspond aux armoiries de la famille de George Washington.
- History
- Designer
- Usage
- Criticism of The Design
- History of Washington Family Arms
- See Also
- External Links
Washington family coat of arms
The Washington family traces its roots to England in the 13th century to Wessyngton, a small rural estate in the northeastern county of Durham where Sir William de Hertburn received a lordship. The original coat of arms evolved drastically over the next 150 years through alliances, land acquisitions and conflicts. In 1346, the first appearance of the family coat of arms as we would recognize it was recorded for Sir William de Wessyngton's great-grandson, but with argent (silver) horizontal ba...
Early history
Since its creation by Congress on July 9, 1790, by the Residence Act and for over a century, the District of Columbia was without an official flag and flew several unofficial banners, usually the flag of the D.C. National Guard. In the early 20th Century, the Thompsen-Bryan-Ellis Company was a firm of printers working on a flag book under the direction of Lieutenant Commander Byron McCandless who had a great interest in vexillology. The work was then taken over by the National Geographic. It...
Early designs
In 1921, Dunn had moved on to work for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. While working in the Mills Building, he drew a design for the flag in the office studio. He took the design directly from the coat of arms which belonged to the Washington family with no change to the design but did not release it at the time. On February 8, 1924, the Daughters of the American Revolution managed to get a bill introduced in Congress to set up a commission to select a design. It was introduced...
Today, most sources state that Charles Dunn is the actual designer of the DC flag. It seems all historical accounts come from The Origins of the District of Columbia Flag he published in the Records of the Columbia Historical Society and the August 24, 1938, Evening Star article where he is mentioned as a finalist. However, according to the commiss...
DC Government use
Starting in 1916 when the District Building was inaugurated to 1964, the flag of the United Stateswas flown from a large flagpole located on the roof of the building. Due to concerns regarding the safety of the staff during inclement weather, two new poles were installed in front of the building. It was then that, for the first time, the DC flag was flown on the DC Government building grounds on a separate pole. Prior to that, it was flown under the American Flag. The flag first appeared on t...
Local politics
Elements of the design are used extensively in local politics. The three stars and bars or the colors are often used by candidates and causes on their signs during local elections. 1. Elissa Sliverman Sign during the 2014 local elections 2. DC Statehood Now sign in 2009 In 2002, the D.C. Council debated a proposal to change the flag in protest of the district's lack of voting rights in Congress. The new design would have added the letters "D.C." to the center star and the words "Taxation With...
City Council Commemorative Flag Program
Starting on June 1, 2017, the D.C. City Council began a new commemorative flag program, which is similar to the United States flag program operated by the Congressional Keeper of the Stationery and requested through a constituent's U.S. senator or U.S. representative. In the case of the DC flag, interested parties can fill out an online form on the DC Council's website providing a credit card or by sending a letter with applicable check or money order to the secretary of the City Council requ...
No local involvement in the selection
The new flag was not well received by many in the local population at the time. The failure to involve the local population in the selection of their flag did not go unnoticed and many found new meanings for the stars and bars with many negative symbols and parallels. With the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, the new federal district was placed under the sole authority of Congress. In the process, DC residents lost voting representation in Congress as they were no longer part of a US...
The coat of arms in question is blazonedas: According to records available, this coat of arms was granted to Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave Manor in 1592 by Robert Cook, Clarenceux King of Arms. He was the last known recorded grantee of that specific design by the College of Arms. Lawrence would have passed it down to his descendants upon his deat...
District of Columbia at Flags of the WorldWashington (district de Columbia) en anglais : Washington, District of Columbia, écrit le plus souvent Washington, D.C., est la capitale fédérale des États-Unis. Elle est le siège de nombreuses institutions américaines, comme la Maison-Blanche, résidence officielle du président, le Capitole, siège du Congrès, ainsi que le siège de la ...
Sceau du district de Columbia . Drapeau du district de Columbia . De haut en bas, de gauche à droite : Maison-Blanche, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Cour suprême des États-Unis, Cathédrale nationale de Washington, Capitole des États-Unis, Washington Monument. Administration.
23 avr. 2023 · District of Columbia Flag Design proposed by the US Army Quartermaster 1924.png 600 × 400; 6 KB Flag of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.png 382 × 195; 183 KB Flag of Washington DC (1934-1938).gif 269 × 184; 5 KB
