Thursday 14 July 2016

By John Raynolds


Under an English land grant, Capt. John Smith sent settlers to establish a fishing colony at the mouth of thePiscataqua River, near present-day Rye and Dover, in 1623. Capt. John Mason, who participated in the founding of Portsmouth in 1630, gave New Hampshire its name.

The New Hampshire Flag was adopted in 1909 by the State Legislature of New Hampshire, although the original design has been retained from 1784. From the New Hampshire Flag history, it has been gathered that the New Hampshire Flag had been modified once in 1931, to lay more emphasis on the state seal.

The New Hampshire state flag contains the state seal in the center against a deep blue canvas. The seal itself is intricate with a circular wreath interspersed with nine stars. Outside of the wreath are the words, "Seal of the State of New Hampshire" and "1776." Inside the wreath and stars lies a ship docked at sunrise. Beams of light from the sun are visible surrounding the ship, and an American flag is on the ship's deck in the picture. The only colors on the seal are blue, red, yellow and green.

The flag of New Hampshire consists of a blue base with the state seal in the center. Around the outside of the state, the seal is a series of laurel wreaths and nine gold stars which represent New Hampshire as the ninth state to join the Union. The body of the seal symbolizes the importance of shipbuilding in early New Hampshire.

The water surrounding the ship represents the harbor of Portsmouth, where the ship is docked. The land is colored yellow, meaning granite, which represents both the rock of the rugged New Hampshire landscape and the sturdy nature of the people who live there. The sun rising triumphantly in the sky refers to the state becoming a major shipbuilding center during the war years.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior New Hampshire flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and inferior to American-made Hampshire flags, but more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of New Hampshire flag for the future.




About the Author:



0 comments :

Post a Comment