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Summary
Description Flag of Queens, New York.svg |
English:
The Flag of
Queens
, comprising three horizontal stripes, two azure at the top and bottom, and one argent between them. The colors were inspired by the coat of arms of the
Dutch
director of the
New Netherlands
,
Willem Kieft
. The crown symbolizes that of
Catherine of Braganza
for whom the borough's name derives, 1898 was the year in which it was incorporated as a borough during the City's consolidation. The
wampum
ring represents the
Lenape
people who used to collect the shells to make it on these shores, when the land was known as "Sewanacky", the "island of seashells". The
tulip
represents the Dutch settlers while the
Tudor rose
represents the
English
; the latter often appears erroneously with 4 petals on Borough graphics.
From the original text documenting the design - The official description of the flag lacks a proportion however the original artwork (see source) works out to be 4:5, as opposed to later renditions that give the flag a 2:3 proportion; neither of which appears to be codifed. |
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Date | |||
Source | Own work , rendered from the original 1913 artwork | ||
Author | Simtropolitan , original design by an unknown artist from The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society | ||
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This work is in the
public domain
in the U.S.
because it is created by a legislative or judicial officer of a U.S. state or local government in the course of their legislative or judicial duties. See §
313.6(C)(2)
of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices. Such works, known as "
edicts of government
", include:
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