Tuesday 26 July 2016

By Norman Wilson


The 19th-century territorial seal of Washington had a detailed naturalistic scene with sea and mountains and a woman in the foreground epitomizing hope, surrounded by a log cabin, wagon, and fir forest.

At the beginning of the 20th century, many towns and cities throughout the state informally adopted a military flag that displayed a gold profile of our first President on blue bunting. Other flags in use simply centered the state seal on a field of purple or green similar to the current design.

The Washington Flag is truly unique in 2 ways. Firstly it is the only US state flag to use the green color for its field. Secondly, the Washington Flag is just the only flag among all other US state flags to bear the portrait of President George Washington.

The green state flag adopted by the state legislature in 1923 featured the state seal in its center. Originally the flag was to be decorated with green fringe, but after 1925 it was designated as having a fringe of gold when displayed on certain occasions.

The green shade on the Washington Flag justifies the state's nickname, which is the "Evergreen State". It is also a color generally associated with lush vegetation, that characterizes the state. The date 1899, is that year in which, Washington became a state of the US. The wonderful green colored Washington Flag is noteworthy for depicting the first president of the USA.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Washington 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 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 Washington flag for the future.




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