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The flag of Boston consists of a sky blue field and the seal of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in the center. The flag is sometimes flown in a darker shade of blue, more of a turquoise. It was designed in 1913 and adopted by the Boston City Council on January 29, 1917.
Jul 16, 2016 · The City Flag. The City flag is a Continental blue and buff. The flag is five-feet long and three-and-a-half-feet wide, or within that ratio. The center of the flag features the City seal surrounded by two white rings. The municipal standard flag features an image of the Trimountain on the back and a fringe of Continental buff.
- The idea for the flag originated in an impromptu Sunday school speech. Charles C. Overton, the superintendent of the Sunday school at Brighton Chapel on Coney Island in New York, had designated an event called Rally Day for Sunday, September 26, 1897.
- The colors match the American flag but are symbolically Christian. The colors on the flag match those on the American flag—red, white, and blue. But on the Christian flag, white represents purity and peace, blue indicates fidelity, and red stands for the shed blood of Christ.
- A renowned hymnodist wrote a song about the flag. Fanny Crosby, one of the most prolific hymnodists in the English language, wrote a four-verse hymn for the Christian flag, “The Christian flag, behold it.”
- There are at least three pledges of allegiance to the Christian flag. Just as there is a Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag, there is a pledge (with at least three versions) to the Christian flag.
- Boston City Flag and Municipal Standard
- Colors
- Detail of Seal
- History of The Flag
- 1913 Columbus Day Flag
- Sully's Irish Flag
- Boston Olympic Committee
The Columbus Day Committee proposed the City Flag in 1913. It was introduced into the City Council 16 January 1914 but was not adopted until 30 January 1917. The design is the City Seal in dark blue on white and buff centered on a dark blue field. The proportions are 7:10. The City Seal was designed in 1823 and slightly modified in 1827. Designed b...
The shade of blue is "Continental" blue (as in the Continental Army of 1776), but every representation I have ever seen here in town is a light blue. I don't think it has to do with fading in the weather. Either the manufacturer doesn't know the official specifications, or someone changed them. The "yellow" is supposed to be "buff" (again, a 1776 u...
image by Dave Martucci, 1 November 2015 Source:http://www.masshome.com/ Paul Bassinson, 21 August 2019
I have studied Boston's flag history for decades. Most of the images that exist are technically wrong as are most of the flags that exist. Here is a synopsis of my research to date.
image by Dave Martucci, 26 January 2019 There is an actual color photograph of the obverse of the 1913 Columbus Day Municipal Standard laid out on an undated proof sheet supplied by a publisher to the Boston Arts Commission (BAC) which tantalizingly refers to an image of the Trimountain seal on page 70. Unfortunately, no book with these images appe...
image by Dave Martucci, 27 January 2019 On St. Patrick’s Day, 17 March, Boston becomes Irish in every way. Widely displayed on that day is “Sully’s Irish Flag” (technically named “Sully’s Irish Logo Banner”). It is the Irish tricolor with the white bar transformed into a shamrock. Some consider it Boston’s unofficial flag for that day.https://www.s...
image located by Esteban Rivera, 16 April 2023 For the 2008 Olympic Games, the cities that applied to become candidate cities for 2008 Summer Olympics were Bangkok, Cairo, Havana, Kuala Lumpur and Seville. Candidate cities (cities which were granted "candidate city" status and thus were allowed to use the Olympic Rings in their proposal) were Beiji...
Jun 14, 2017 · How would you redesign the flag of your city or town? What symbols would you use (for symbols are what it’s all about—a flag expert tells Gay that “if you have to put your name on your flag...
Nov 19, 2021 · In addition to hosting some speakers in the plaza, Shurtleff asked the city to fly a Christian flag, which consists of a white background with a red cross inside a blue upper-left canton, as part...
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The state flag has a white rectangular background with a centerpiece of the Massachusetts coat of arms in the center of a blue shield, an arm above it holding a broadsword, and a ribbon with the state’s motto -- adopted in 1885 -- written on it.The blue shield symbolizes the Blue Hills that stands in Canton and Milton, Massachusetts.
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