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Vol. 36 • No. 4

¯ Montréal Was Magnifique!

¯ Apology and Correction

¯ NAVA 37 — Montréal

¯ Flags of Montréal ¯ NAVA 38

¯ Flags Over Montréal

¯ NAVA 38 Flag Design Competition

¯ Canadian Symbol Websites

¯ Raven Report ¯ Letters

¯ New Members ¯ Chumley

¯ NAVA 37 Photos ¯ Bylaws

October—December 2003INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

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MONTRÉAL WAS MAGNIFIQUE!

APOLOGY AND CORRECTIONIn Issue #173 of NAVA News, Janu-

ary-March 2002 (published in July,2002), the front page article headlined“Are They Real or Are They...?” con-tained assertions and descriptionswhich may have misled somereaders. The article described two auc-tions in May, 2002 in which flags orflag-related items were offered, one bySotheby’s and another by Freeman’s. The article questioned the authenti-cation of two flags offered by Sotheby’sand described the withdrawal of theFreeman’s documents due to their dis-covery as likely forgeries. NAVA apolo-gizes for any mistaken impressiongiven by mentioning the authentica-tor of the Sotheby’s flags, Dr. JeffreyKohn, in the same article as the sup-posed forger, Charles BatesWeisberg. Dr. Kohn is a widely re-spected flag dealer. NAVA further re-grets alleging a conflict of interest in

Dr. Kohn’s role both as dealer andappraiser of vintage American flags;such a statement should only havebeen made in a signed editorial. Infact, the author of the article, NAVA’spresident David Martucci, is in thebusiness of flag authentication and acompetitor of Dr. Kohn’s. To preventfuture conflicts, NAVA has establisheda NAVA News editorial board to reviewall articles and editorials before theirpublication and set policies for thepublication.

NAVA News would also like toamend one statement: While the ar-ticle said of Dr. Kohn, “He is unknownto NAVA”, in fact, Dr. Kohn was amember of NAVA from July 1997 toDecember 1998.

We believe that this matter repre-sents a legitimate difference of opin-ion in the study of flags—the essenceof our organization—and that such

differences should be aired in the spiritof scholarly discourse.

We apologize for any misunderstand-ings.

Kevin MurrayFirst Vice President, NAVA

PLEASE NOTE: If you obtained a group photo (8" x 10") of the attendees at NAVA 37,you can receive a free replacement of a much better print by contacting Jim Croft, POBox 365, Northampton MA 01061 U.S.A. email: j.c.croft@rcn.com Telephone: (413)586-2549 Also, if you did not obtain a photo and would like one, you may order aphoto by writing to the above address and sending a check or money order forUS$10, including shipping and handling, made out to James Croft. Orders accepteduntil April 1st, 2004.

NAVA 37, held in the great City ofMontréal in Québec, Canada, was oneof the best meetings this organizationever held. The Executive Board wantseveryone to know that Jim Croft did agreat job organizing the meeting and,as a token of our appreciation, we havepresented him with a personalizedNAVA 37 wrist watch.

This issue of NAVA News is devotedto NAVA 37, with a retrospective byJohn Purcell, photos, a list of the fabu-lous flags displayed, Canadian Sym-bol websites directory, and an articleand color centerfold devoted to theFlags of Montréal.

Also in this issue is informationabout the next NAVA Meeting to be heldin Indianapolis. See you there!

Dave Martucci, President

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By John M. PurcellBeautiful autumn weatherprovided the ideal backdrop toNAVA’s 37th annual meeting inQuébec’s largest city at theHoliday Inn Centre-Ville/Mid-town over the weekend of Oc-tober 10-12, 2003. Attendeesregistered Friday afternoon,and received packets contain-ing numerous flags, flag pins,booklets, and posters thatconference organizer JamesCroft had solicited over thepast months.

The first event of the confer-ence was an elegant cocktailreception on Friday evening,where members and guestshad the opportunity to greetold friends and chat. Afterbreakfast the next morning,

the conference opened withthe presentation of the colorsand the national anthems ofthe United States and Canada.The conference then got un-derway with the annual busi-ness meeting, which lasteduntil lunch. Highlights of thebusiness meeting included theunanimous passage of anamendment to make the De-sign Committee a standingcommittee, the defeat of anamendment to establish termlimits, and the election of of-ficers. In contested elections,David Martucci was re-electedas president, and KevinMurray, outgoing Second Vice

President, was elected as FirstVice President. The remainderof the slate was elected with-out opposition: Peter Ansoff,as Second Vice President, andincumbents Richard Monahanand Ted Kaye as Secretary andTreasurer, respectively. Thenew Nominating Committeeelected consists of DoreenBraverman, Mason Kaye, andPeter Orenski.

After a tasty lunch, paperswere presented to the assem-bly during the remainder ofthe afternoon by TrumanPope, Dean Thomas, PeterAnsoff, Dr. Rafael Yates, andDr. Wofgang Jilek. Later thatevening members and guestsgathered for the annual ban-quet and group photo. The

Dr. Peter Orenski displays hisVexillonairre medal. DM Photo.

Kin Spain, FIAV Sec. General andWhitney Smith present the Laureate toScot Guenter. DM Photo.

Jim Croft, NAVA 37 organizer. TK Photo.

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banquet room was completelylined with Canadian flags of allkinds: national, provincial,civic, and military—many dis-

played for the first time at aNAVA meeting. (Some of theflags were loaned for the oc-casion from the collection offormer NAVA president BishopRalph Spence, who was un-able to attend owing to his pro-fessional obligations.) Dinnerwas the traditional Thanksgiv-ing turkey and “fixings” inhonor of the CanadianThanksgiving holiday thatweekend.

Following dessert, the gath-ering was treated to a talk withslides by Bruce Patterson,Saguneay Herald at the Cana-dian Heraldic Authority, whospoke on “Constructing Cana-dian Symbolism: NationalIdentity as Expressed in Ca-nadian Heraldic AuthorityGrants over the Past FifteenYears”. Presentation of awardsfollowed Mr. Patterson’s talk.Morgan Milner, designer of theNAVA 37 flag, was presentedwith a large version of the flag.Dr. John M. Purcell, acting atthe request of Truman Pope,president of Great Waters As-

sociation of Vexillology, pre-sented that group’s secondCommodore Award for signifi-cant achievement in vex–illology to Kevin Harrington ofToronto, president of the Ca-nadian Flag Associationand editor of Flagscan. NAVApresident David Martucci thenpresented the new Vex–illionnaire Award for a signifi-cant and successful act of ac-tivist vexillology (as explainedin the previous NAVA News) toDr. Peter Orenski, JamesBabcock, Ted Kaye, DouglasLynch, and Ed Jackson. Thefinal award was presented byDr. Whitney Smith on behalfof FIAV president MichelLupant to Dr. Scot Guenter,who was named FIAV’s Lau-reate of the Federation for hisbook on the cultural history ofthe United States flag (also fea-tured in NAVA News #179).

On Sunday after breakfast,the remainder of the session’spapers were presented by LucBaronian, Dr. John M. Purcell,Joseph Donovan, KevinHarrington, Dr. Scot Guenter,Mason Kaye, and Ted Kaye.Lunch was followed by a bustour of the city, with special

attention paid to sites ofvexillological interest. Uponreturn, president DavidMartucci presented JosephDonovan with the DriverAward for best paper at theconference for his talk on “TwoIrish Flags: A ComparativeAnalysis.” James Croft wasthen commended for his out-standing work as conferenceorganizer with a standing ova-tion, and President Martucci

declared the meeting officiallyadjourned.

Morgan Milner, attending hisfirst NAVA meeting, says, “Iwas admittedly a little nervousabout going to my first meetingsince I didn’t know anyone andhad no idea what to expect.But everyone made me feelwelcome right away and thewhole event couldn’t havebeen better organized.” As auniversity student particularlyinterested in “politicaland revolutionary” flags,he found the meeting“fascinating and a learningexperience”, saying “I’mlooking forward to attendingmore meetings in the future.”

Bruce Patterson, Saguenay Herald ofCanada, was the keynote speaker atNAVA 37. TK Photo.

President Martucci presents Joe Donovan,the 2003 Driver Award winner. Joe’s topicwas two Irish flags. JM Photo.

Kevin Harrington of the Canadian FlagAssociation receives the GWAVCommodore Award. TK Photo.

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NAVA 37 FLAG DISPLAY

35. Canada Red Ensign36. Canada Blue Ensign37. Canada White Ensign38. Commonwealth39. Canadian Forces40. Canadian Naval Jack41. Canadian Coast Guard42. Royal Canadian Air Force43. Canadian Air Command44. Royal Canadian Mounted

Police45. Royal Canadian Legion46. United Empire Loyalist47. Olympics Canada48. Canadian Centennial49. Travel Arctic50. Canadian Indian51. Canada Duality flag

Canadian Francophone flags:52. Canada53. Québec54. New Brunswick55. Arcadia56. Franco-Ontario57. Fransaskois58. Franco-Manitoban59. Franco-Albertan60. Francophone Community in

Yukon61. Francophone Community in

Newfoundland and LabradorNAVA 37 flags of attendees andlocality:

62. Canada63. México64. New Zealand65. United States66. Québec67. Montréal

68. NAVA 3769. NAVA 37 (indoor flag)70. XXI International Congress of

Vexillology organizingcommittee flag(Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Civic flags of Canada:71. Barrie, ON72. Brockville, ON73. Calgary, AB74. Fort Smith, NT75. Gatineau, QC76. Gloucester, ON77. Hall Beach, NU78. Langley, BC79. Longueuil, QC80. Lunenburg, NS81. Maryborough, ON82. Matsqui, BC83. Mayo, YK84. Moose Jaw, SK85. Oromocto, NB86. Ottawa, ON87. Peace River, AB88. St. Jean sur Richelieu, QC89. Scarborough, ON90. Shediac, NB91. Sherbrooke, QC92. Thunder Bay, ON93. Toronto, ON All the provincial flags were dis-

played in their proper proportions andprovided by Québec Protocol throughMr. Patrice de la Brosse, Ministère desRelations internationales for QuébecProtocol, for which we thank him.

The Flags of Canada were gra-ciously provided by Bishop RalphSpence and Ginette Bazergui, and theCanadian Duality flag by HankGigandet.

The XXI organizing committee flagwas lent by Gustavo Tracchia andthe civic flags were from James Croftand The Institute of Civic Heraldry.

Flags of Canada’s Provinces andtheir capital cities:

1. Canada2. Ottawa3. Ontario4. Toronto5. Québec6. Québec City7. Nova Scotia8. Halifax9. New Brunswick10. Fredericton11. Manitoba12. Winnipeg13. British Columbia14. Vancouver (Victoria was

unavailable)15. Prince Edward Island16. Charlottetown17. Saskatchewan18. Regina19. Alberta20. Edmonton21. Newfoundland22. St. John’s23. Northwest Territories24. Yellowknife25. Yukon26. Whitehorse27. Nunavut28. Iqaluit29. Labrador

Flags of Canada:30. Canada - The Queen’s

Standard31. Governor General32. Québec Lieutenant Governor33. Canada34. United Kingdom

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NORTH AMERICAN VEXILLOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONTHIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING

The dates of October 8-10, 2004have been set by the Executive Boardof the North American VexillologicalAssociation for its Annual Meeting.

The meeting will be held in thestate of Indiana, Land of the Indi-ans, the nineteenth state to be ad-mitted to the Union, on December11, 1816. The state’s motto is“Crossroads of America”. It is calledthe Hoosier State. It is 38th in sizeamong the states, with a populationexceeding six million. It is a part ofthe rich Midwestern Corn Belt anda major manufacturing area. Thegreat natural beauty of Indianamakes the state a popular vacationarea. The state’s plentiful lakes andstreams provide boating and fishing.It is located between two great wa-terways, Lake Michigan and the OhioRiver.

The meeting will be held at theRadisson City Centre, 915 Ohio Av-enue in downtown Indianapolis. Thehotel overlooks the center of down-town Indianapolis, which is domi-nated by the 258 foot Soldiers andSailors Monument. The Indiana WarMuseum is located on MeridianStreet, which runs past the east sideof the hotel.

The Flag of Indianapolis.

For more information onIndianapolis visit www.Indianapolis.in.us.

In 1825, the state capital wasmoved from Corydon in southernIndiana to Indianapolis. The city’scultural life includes divisions of In-diana University and Purdue Univer-sity, the University of Indianapolis,Butler University, Marian College,

John Herron Art Institute, IndianaHistorical Society, Indiana War Mu-seum, Eiteljorg Musuem of IndianArt and Culture, and the Indianapo-lis Art Museum. Lilly Pharmaceuti-cal Enterprises is a major commer-cial firm. The city is the twelfth larg-est in the United States, with a popu-lation of over 800,000, and is themeeting place of four major inter-state highways, I-74, I-70, I-64, andI-69. It is a major sports center, hav-ing hosted the Pan American gamesand the NCAA basketball finals. It is

home to the Indianapolis Colts andthe Indiana Pacers.

Indianapolis has held the famousIndianapolis 500 Memorial Day racesince 1911. The black and whitechecked flag is one of the symbols ofthe city.

NAVA 38 is being hosted by theGreat Waters Association ofVexillology (GWAV). GWAV encom-passes the states of Illinois, Michi-gan, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentuckyand takes its name from the watersof the Great Lakes and the OhioRiver.

The Flag of GWAV.

Tru Pope is coordinating NAVA 38.

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FLAGS OF MONTRÉALby

Luc Baronian, James Croft, and Dave Martucci*

Québec LieutenantGovernor’s Flag

Since 1952, the Lieutenant Gov-ernor of Québec has used a blue flagcharged with the arms of Québecwithin a white disk; the so-calledTudor Crown surmounts the arms,as it was in use at the time.

The relationship between the Sov-ereign (at this time Queen ElizabethII) and the Lieutenant Governors wasnot envisioned as it was with theGovernor General at the time of Con-federation in 1867. Rather than be-ing considered as the Sovereign’sdirect representatives in the prov-inces, Lieutenant Governors werethen seen as the Governor General’srepresentatives and agents of thefederal government, which continuesto be responsible for their appoint-ment and the payment of their sal-ary.

However, custom, evolution, con-vention, and judicial decisions havechanged the nature of the office. TheLieutenant Governors, though stillfederal appointees and holding someresidual federal powers, are seen asthe Sovereign’s direct and personalrepresentatives, embodying theCrown in the provinces. This meansthat Lieutenant Governors act in thename of The Queen in right of theprovince, just as the Governor Gen-eral acts in the name of The Queenin right of Canada. Lieutenant Gov-ernors and the Provincial Crown,which they personify, symbolize thesovereignty of the provincial govern-ments within the federation.

Regarding the proper protocol inCanada of personal flags:

The Sovereign and members of theRoyal Family, the Governor General,and Lieutenant Governors are en-titled to display personal flags andstandards.

Personal flags and standards takeprecedence before the Canadian flag.

They are never half-masted, nor arethey displayed at a church or insidea building, except in the office of theperson they identify.

Canada’s FlagThe national flag of Canada was

adopted by resolutions of the Houseof Commons and Senate in 1964 andproclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II totake effect on February 15, 1965.The anniversary of this event is ob-served every February 15 as NationalFlag of Canada Day across the coun-try.

The adoption of the national flagof Canada was the culmination ofmany years of discussion, hundredsof designs, and heated debate in Par-liament. The search for a new Cana-dian flag began in 1925 when a Com-mittee of the Privy Council began toinvestigate potential designs. In1946, a parliamentary committeeexamined more than 2,600 submis-sions but could not reach agreementon a new design. As the centennialof Confederation approached, Par-liament increased its efforts tochoose a new flag. On February 15,1965, the national flag of Canadawas raised for the first time overParliament Hill.

The flag is red and white, the offi-cial colors of Canada, with a stylizedeleven-point maple leaf at its center.The flag’s proportions are 1:2.

Québec’s FlagThe Québec flag was adopted by

Order of the Lieutenant Governor inCouncil in 1948 and confirmed bythe province’s legislature in 1950.

Québec’s flag is generally knownas the fleurdelisé. The white crosson a blue field recalls an ancientFrench military banner, and the fourfleurs-de-lis are symbolic of France.The flag’s proportions are 2:3.

Montréal Civic FlagThe flag, twice as broad as it is

long, is emblazoned with the sameheraldic symbols as those of the coatof arms: the heraldic cross gules(red) against a white background anda quartered field with four floralemblems. It was first displayed inMay 1939.

The symbolism of the coat of Armsof Montréal on which the flag isbased is: The City of Montréal hasadopted the French form of shieldfollowing the example of the Provinceof Québec, in keeping with theirshared history. The field is silver(white on the flag), recalling the origi-nal coat of arms created by the firstmayor of Montréal, Jacques Viger.The cross symbolizes the Christianprinciples that governed the city’sfounders. The field is quartered tocontain four floral emblems, repre-senting the origins of the Montréalpopulation in the 19th century.These are:• The fleur-de-lis of the Royal House

of Bourbon is shown in the firstquarter of the shield andrepresents the French who werethe first European settlers on theisland of Montréal.

• The Lancastrian Rose occupies thesecond quarter and stands forMontrealers with roots inEngland.

• The Thistle, in the third quarter,symbolizes Montrealers of Scottishorigin.

• The Shamrock, in the fourthquarter, is emblematic of IrishMontrealers.The motto, Concordia Salus (“Well

being through harmony”) is in-scribed on the scroll below the crest[shield]. This arrangement is also the

* Original concept by Martucci and Croft,

text by Croft and Baronian, and digital

graphics by Baronian and Martucci,

unless otherwise mentioned.

In celebration of the recent meeting held in Montréal, NAVA NEWS proudly offers this article and accompanying full-color chart of flags. The descriptions follow the order of the flags in the centerfold.

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same as on the Province of Québeccoat of arms. Montréal’s coat ofarms, like that of Québec, is sur-rounded by a wreath of leaves of thesugar maple (acer saccharum) sym-bolizing the amicable relationsamong all Montrealers. Mountedover the shield is a beaver represent-ing the industriousness ofMontrealers who have worked sohard to develop our city.

Today’s version of the Montréalcoat of arms was adopted on March21, 1938, although the original de-sign was from Jacques Viger,Montréal’s first mayor, in 1832 andadopted in 1833.

Montréal LogoThe rosette logo and the first vi-

sual identity program were officiallyadopted in 1981 to highlight thecity’s dynamism and promote com-munications between Montréal andits citizens as well as enhance itsimage at home and abroad.

The emblem, inspired by the coatof arms, is a minimalist designshaped like a rosette, in which eachpetal forms the letters V and M, theinitials of Ville de Montréal. The in-tersecting lines at the center of thelogo symbolize the city’s role as acrossroads of communication andcivilization.

The four heart-shaped petals sig-nify the deep attachmentMontrealers have to their city. Anundulating line encircles the whole,representing the island, while theintertwining of plant and aquaticsymbolism expresses the wealth ofMontréal’s natural environment andthe care its citizens take to preserveit.

The logo was updated in 2003 toreflect the merger of the 28 munici-palities on the Island of Montréal (theshade of red is a purer, more classi-cal red than the 1981 “warm red”version and the words “Ville de” aresuppressed in the signature and onlythe word Montréal followed by thelogo remain, thus harmonizing thesignature with those of the govern-ments of Québec and Canada). Thelogo flag was more popular in theearly 1980s and is rarely seen to-day.

The Carillon-Sacré-CoeurFlag

In 1902, abbot Elphège Filiatraulthoisted over his presbytery in St-Hyacinthe a version of a Carillonflag—a flag of blue, with white fleurs-de-lis placed in each corner point-ing to the center, traversed by a whitecross. It was enthusiastically re-ceived and led to the formation ofcommittees to propose a nationalflag for French-Canadians. In 1903,the image of the Sacred Heart ofJesus above two wreaths of mapleleaves in saltire was placed in thecentre of the white cross.

The Sacred Heart image derivesfrom the devotions to the heart ofJesus, initiated by the French vision-ary nun, St. Margaret MaryAlacoque. This Catholic practice hadincreased considerably by the 200thanniversary of her death in 1890.The new flag of the Canadiens cameto be called their national flag andwas raised in western Canada aswell as in Québec.

The Patriote flagThis horizontal green-white-red

was originally known as the Tricolorecanadien. It is first documented asused by members of the “Particanadien”, later known as “PartiPatriote” of Louis-Joseph Papineauin 1832, a political party that wasparticularly active in the Montréalarea.

Its symbolism is unknown, thoughvarious popular interpretations havebeen documented. For example, thegreen, white, red is said by some torepresent respectively the Irish, theFrench, and the English. Anothersays the white is a symbol of thepurity of the Canadian motivations,the red a symbol of loyalty to theBritish flag and the green an emblemof the hope that the sovereign wouldgive justice to Canada by correctingthe abuses that oppress the people.An inspiration in the FrenchTricolore is pretty obvious and theIrish reference mentioned above isprobably correct in that Irish immi-gration was massive throughout the19th century and tended to integratewith the catholic francophone com-munities.

The flag was banned after the vio-

lent events of 1837-1838 and reap-peared with the nationalist move-ment of the 1960s. It is widely usedto this day in Québécois nationalistdemonstrations and celebrations.Then and now, it has often been re-ported defaced with various symbols.

Former Communautéurbaine de Montréal

There were two versions of thisflag, both unofficial. The first bore awhite logo of a stylized map ofMontréal on a dark blue field. Theother had a white field with this logoin light blue in the lower fly and thewords “COMMUNAUTÉ URBAINEDE MONTRÉAL” in the upper hoistarea in light blue.

The logo itself symbolized the fol-lowing: “The beehive cell was for col-lective work, bringing efforts to-gether. The star was for light, dyna-mism, excellence, prestige. The twoelements, the star and beehive cellare thus associated, resulting in asuper imposed grid on the islands.An image appears from this styliza-tion, and the image becomes a sym-bol.”

The Communauté urbaine deMontréal was a “paramunicipal or-ganization that gathered the mayorsof Montréal Island, Dorval Island,and Bizard Island.” The CUM hadthe same territory as the adminis-trative region of Montréal.

On January 1, 2002, the 28 mu-nicipalities of Montréal merged intoa single Metropolitan Montréal andbecame boroughs of the city. Sincethis amalgamation, the Com–munauté urbaine de Montréal be-came obsolete.

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FLAGSOVER

MONTRÉAL

In honor of the 37th Annual Meeting and Conventionof the North American Vexillological Association,

held 10-12 October 2003 in Montréal, Québec, Canadawe proudly present flags associated with that great city.

© 2003 NAVA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Artwork by Luc Baronian & Dave MartucciInformation supplied by Jim Croft & Luc Baronian

Concept by Dave Martucci & Jim Croft

Lieutenant Governor of Québec

Canada Québec

Civic Flag of Montréal Logo Flag of Montréal Carillon-Sacré-Coeur

(Former) Communauté urbaine de Montréal (CUM)

Montréal Fire Department RCMP Division C Québec Provincial Police Montréal Police ServiceMontréal Police Service CUM Police Service

Port of Montréal Old Port of Montréal Montréal Airports International Civil Aviation Org. Montréal Canadiens Montréal Alouettes Montréal Expos

Université de Montréal McGill University Canadian Centennial Expo ’67 1976 Summer Olympics

Les Floralies Internationales de 1980 Montréal 350

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Patriotes

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Montréal Fire DepartmentThe Montréal fire department flag

bears traditional symbols of fire de-partments — a fireman’s helmet andtwo-crossed fireman’s axes, with theshield of the city’s coat of arms be-tween them. The initials “SI” and“FD” represent “Service d’Incendie”and “Fire Department”. The Latinmotto Regere Ignem can be trans-lated as “Master the Fire”.

Royal Canadian MountedPolice — “Division C” -Québec

On May 24th, 1991, the CanadianHeraldic Authority in Ottawa grantedthe Royal Canadian Mounted Policea flag, along with badges for all theprovincial divisions to be used in thefly. For Division “C”-Québec: A crosscomposed of four fleurs-de-lis basepoints all inward Argent wasgranted. This is the heraldic termi-nology for four white fleur-de-lisforming a cross with their bases allfacing inward.

Its symbolism is “a cross or com-pass rose is formed by four stylizedfleur-de-lis symbolizing the ‘C’ Divi-sion headquarters span of controland direction to the four corners ofthe province. The fleur-de-lis arereminiscent of the Royal Arms ofFrance drawn from the Coat of Armsof Canada.”

Sûreté du QuébecThe Québec provincial police flag

is based on the Canadian pale de-sign, with an unusual color combi-nation. The central panel is yellowwith the outer two stripes a dark limegreen. In the center is the traditionalFrench symbol of a fleur-de-lis,prominently displayed on theQuébec provincial flag and elsewherein the province. The French wordSûreté can be translated as “protec-tion” or “security” and the motto onthe scroll in English is Service, In-tegrity, Justice.

Service de Police de la Villede Montréal (SPVM —former SPCUM)

Montréal has had at least threepolice flags. The first bore a whitegraphic logo centered on a dark bluefield. The logo is a stylization of a

man (see accompanying graphic ex-planation). The second police flagwas similar but with the logo smallerand placed closer to the hoist andhigher up toward the canton area ofthe flag. It also has the word POLICEoff to the right of the logo and at thebottom and center of the flag the ini-tials CUM (the abbreviation for“Communauté urbaine deMontréal”), all in white.

The third police flag now flown inMontréal has a white field with theMontréal police patch in color in thecenter of the flag. The symbol hasthe word POLICE across the top withbuildings, trees, and wavy blue linesrepresenting water. Above theseitems is the Montréal police logo ofthe “stylized man” and in the lowerright is the CUM symbol of the styl-ized map of Montréal. (The newMontréal police patch omits the CUMsymbol and replaces it with the wordMontréal and uses the city rosettelogo. Possibly this will eventuallyappear on an updated police flag).

Port of Montréal FlagThe flag is based on the Canadian

pale design, like the national flag,with two golden yellow outer stripesand a marine blue center panel. Onthe center stripe is a stylized repre-sentation of the bow of a ship inwhite and golden yellow above theletter M also in white. The two goldenyellow outer stripes represent theAtlantic and Pacific Oceans, whichprovide Canada, which this portserves, with access to foreign mar-kets. The golden yellow color signi-fies the commerce of the nation andthe influence of the Port of Montréalon the Canadian economy. The shipis another obvious reference to theport and the “M” signifies “Montréal”.

Editor’s note: this updates the de-sign shown on www.nava.org.

Old Port of Montréal FlagThe silhouette of the Old Clock

Tower in the Old Port, or Tour del’Horloge du Vieux-Port, a landmarkin this area of the city, appears onthe flag. The wavy blue and whitenarrow stripes signify water.

Aéroports de MontréalThe basic principle in the creation

of the logo was to represent thestrong, distinctive, and universalcharacter of the airports. It is com-posed of two main elements: thecircle, representing the earth and theinfluence of Montréal, and the pa-per airplane, a universal symbol rep-resenting a plane. The whole repre-sents an airplane, runways, a sur-face communication network, andopen spaces. The metallic finishsymbolizes high-tech.

International Civil AviationOrganization (ICAO)

Montréal is the headquarters forthe International Civil Aviation Or-ganization which “sets internationalstandards for the safety, security,and efficiency of air transport andserves as the coordinator for inter-national cooperation in all areas ofcivil aviation.” The flag is similar tothe United Nations flag with the ex-ception of two stylized wings addedto each side of the United Nationssymbol.

Montréal Canadiens(hockey team)

The Montréal Canadiens flag hasbeen used by fans since 1993, whenthe team last won the Stanley Cup.It is a “banner of jersey”. The colorsof the team have remained un-changed since 1909, the club’s foun-dation date. They derive from theFrench tricolor, a flag that was thenused by French-Canadians. (Actu-ally, since 1902, it was in competi-tion with the fleurdelisé—the versionprior to the current one used offi-cially since 1948—this flag definitelytaking over in the 1920s). In fact, oneof the team’s nicknames is LeTricolore. The CH letters stand for“Canadien Hockey”, the official nameof the team being “Club de hockeyCanadien” since 1916-1917 (it was“Club Athletique Canadien” before).

A rumor has the H signifying“Habs” in English from “habitant” inFrench, the nickname given toFrench-Canadian peasants at theturn of the century. However, this isonly a rumor, originated in 1924when told to Madison SquareGarden’s owner, Tex Rickard. Habsis still the preferred nickname of the

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team used by Anglo-Montrealers.Other nicknames are Les Rouges(“The Reds”, dominating color) andLa Sainte-Flanelle (“The HolyFlanelle”).

Montréal Expos(baseball team)

The Montréal Expos is the city’sbaseball franchise in Major LeagueBaseball. It was founded in 1969 andis the first Canadian franchise to en-ter the league. The team’s nicknamecame from Expo ’67, which tookplace two years before. The logo in-corporates a scripted M for“Montréal” with a small red e for“Expos” at the beginning and bot-tom of the M, and a small blue b for“baseball” at the end and bottom ofthe “M”. Underneath is the teamname in blue. At least one unofficialversion of the Expos’ flag bears thelogo in red, white, and blue on awhite field. The team’s French nick-name is Les Z’amours.

Montréal Alouettes(Canadian football team)

The Montréal Alouettes is the city’sfootball franchise in the Canadianfootball league. Alouette is French for“lark”. It is interesting to note thatall three of the Montréal’s profes-sional sport franchises, hockey,baseball, and football, use red,white, and blue for their colors. Theteam’s English nickname is The Als.

Université de Montréal.Luc Baronian purchased this flag

in 2001 and saw it flying for the firsttime in 2003, though a different ver-sion had flown since 1994. The armson it were adopted in 1920, createdby vice-president Mgr Émile Chartierand finalized by Victor Morin presi-dent of the Collège héraldique de laSociété historique de Montréal.

The two towers recall the teach-ings of the Sulpicians and the nunsof the Notre-Dame congregation tothe Natives in Montréal. The goldenstar represents faith and the silver,science. They refer to the motto Fidesplendet et scientia (“She shines byfaith and science”). Though a layuniversity, its religious referencesrecall the Jesuit origins of the uni-versity that began as a branch ofQuébec city’s Université Laval.

McGill UniversityThe flag of McGill University is an

armorial banner of the university’scoat of arms. However, the threemartlets or birds are placed twoabove and one below on the armswhile on the flag they are in one hori-zontal line. The martlets are from thearms of James McGill, the founderof the university and are on a whitefield. The colors red and white arethe official colors of Canada. Thedancetty partion line along the up-per middle of the shield is emblem-atic of the three hills of Montréal.

The book represents learning andits inscription In Domino Confidotranslates as “I trust in the Lord” andis also the motto of James McGill.The two crowns, bearing fleur-de-lis,signify the location of the universityat the base of “Mount Royal”.

The University flag is flown fromthe mast on the Arts Building frommorning to sundown, Mondaythrough Friday. It is not normallyflown on Saturdays or Sundays oron public holidays. The exceptionsto this are June 24, La FêteNationale, when the Québec flag isflown and July 1, Canada Day, whenthe Canadian flag is flown. The Gov-ernor General’s flag is flown whenthe Governor General of Canada,Visitor to the University, is on cam-pus.

Canadian CentennialIn 1967 Canada celebrated the

hundredth anniversary of Confed-eration, which created what is todaythe Dominion of Canada. In honorof this event, a special flag was de-signed which contained a white styl-ized maple leaf with the dates “18671967” below the leaf and placed onvarious solid color fields, such asred, blue, and green.

Expo ’67In 1967, Montréal hosted an in-

ternational exposition in conjunctionwith the celebration of Canada’s100th anniversary. The theme of theexposition was “Man and His World”and a flag was designed for this oc-casion. It’s dark blue field bore acircle of conjoined white figures inthe shape of a “Y”. It symbolized menforming a circle around the world.

1976 Summer OlympicsMontréal hosted the 1976 Summer

Olympics and the flag for this eventhad a red field with a white logo inits center. The logo was based on theOlympic rings (see accompanyinggraphic on the design of this logo).

Les FloraliesInternationales de 1980

In 1980, the City of Montréalhosted the international floral ex-hibit. The flag for the event containeda white field with a stylized repre-sentation of a flower in the unusualflag color of lime green.

Montréal 350In 1639, during the reign of King

Louis XIII of France, the SocietéNotre-Dame-de-Montréal entrusteda career army officer, Paul deChomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve,with founding and establishing amissionary colony on the Island ofMontréal. On May 17, 1642, deMaisonneuve landed and chose thesite for Ville-Marie and the followingday the settlers celebrated highmass.

In 1992, the City of Montréal cel-ebrated its 350th anniversary, whichincluded a flag. The flag was whitewith black lettering stating 350 ANS(translated into English as “350Years”), with the words MONTRÉALfête (“Montréal celebrates”). Thesymbolism of the logo is unknown.

NAVA 37The white cross on the blue back-

ground symbolizes the province ofQuébec. The NAVA flag in the can-ton represents the purpose of themeeting; the study of flags in Canadaand the United States. Like theMontréal civic flag, a fleur-de-lis isplaced in the canton. This is to sym-bolize the strong French influenceon Montréal. The proportion of theflag is 1:2 (the provincial flag ofQuébec is 2:3); the same as the na-tional flag of Canada as well as manyof the other provinces, to symbolize

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Montréal is part of Canada and notjust Québec. The designer of the flagis Morgan Milner of Arlington, Vir-ginia, U.S.A. and a NAVA member.

Sources:1. Symbols of Canada, Canadian Heri-

tage, 2002.2. Flag Etiquette in Canada, Canadian

Heritage, 2000.3. Vexilla Belgica, “Les Symboles de la

Communauté urbaine de Montréal” byFrancois Beaudoin, 1982.

4. Montréal booklet on its civic symbols,untitled, distributed by the mayor’soffice.

5. NAVA News, volume 31, no. 1, pg. 2,(January/February 1998), “The Name,Colours and Symbols of Québec,” byKevin Harrington.

6. RCMP Quarterly, Summer 1991, “TheRCMP Corps Ensign,” by Corps Ser-geant Major E.B. Young.

7. Image of Carillion-Sacré-Coeur flagprovided by Dr. Whitney Smith of TheFlag Research Center, Winchester,Massachusetts, U.S.A.

8. Image of the Québec LieutenantGovernor’s flag from Symbols ofCanada, Canadian Heritage, 2002.

9. The flag of Division “C” of the RoyalCanadian Mounted Police is from theCanadian Heraldic Authority.

10. The graphics of the flags of theCommunauté urbaine de Montréal,1976 summer Olympics, Montréal Po-lice flag, and the images of theMontréal Fire Department and LesFloralies Internationales de 1980, arefrom Vexilla Belgica, 1982 (see above).

11. The flag images of the Québec Pro-vincial Police, Montréal Alouettes,

To the Editor,An inquiry in NAVA News #179,

asked what flag has horizontalstripes of blue, white, red, and greenwith a white circle on the bluestripe. This is one of the Russianrepublics—The Republic of Sakha(Yakutia). This flag is illustrated onpage 31 in The Arms and Flags ofthe Subjects of the Russian Federa-tion by Igor Smetannikov, Moscow,2003.

Best wishes, Jim Croft

j.c.croft@rcn.com

Monteal Expos, Canadian Centennial,and Montréal 350th, are from JamesCroft at the Institute of Civic Heraldry.

12. McGill University symbols weretaken from the mad alchemist website:http://www.mad-alchemy.com/her-aldry/academic/mcgill.htm

13. Pavillonnerie 1, 1998, “De quelquesdrapeaux montréalais ou les diversesfaçons de marier logos et drapeaux”by Luc Baronian.

14. Pavillonnerie 10, 2000, “Chroniquede la Grande Hermine: Montréal etLaval” by Luc Baronian.

15. Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, vol-ume 7, 2000, “American-InfluencedFlags in Lower Canada” by LucBaronian.

16. Many images and texts (in French)can be found on Luc Baronian’swebsite: http://www.stanford.edu/~baronian/vqaf.html

17. See the following websites for infor-mation on Montréal flags: http//montrealflags.tripod.com/(Note thatthe colors on the Port of Montréal flagare incorrect).http://crwflags.com/fotw/flags

18. Although not shown, many of thecurrent boroughs of the city ofMontréal have flags and many formermunicipalities had flags. The Régimentde Maisonneuve, based in Montréal,also has a flag. Unofficial white flagswith the seal or logo of respectivelyConcordia University and theUniversité du Québec à Montréal(UQAM) have been seen.

FLAG DESIGN COMPETITIONNAVA 38 Indianapolis, Indiana October 8 – 10, 2004

Each NAVA meeting displaysa unique flag distributed as a 4” x6” souvenir to attendees and flownas a full-size flag at the meeting. Thehost committee (Great Waters Asso-ciation of Vexillology) invites NAVAmembers to enter the competition forthe best design. The entry may sym-bolize or recall some or all of the fol-lowing: The state of Indiana and itsflag, the city of Indianapolis and itsflag, the U.S., the number 38, NAVA,vexillology, the checkered racing flagthat is a symbol of the Indy 500 autorace, and the Indiana motto, “Cross-roads of America.” The designer ofthe winning entry will be recognizedin NAVA News.

Rules:1. Submit each entry indicating

colors on a sheet of 81/2” by11” paper, a floppy disk, or anelectronic .jpg or .gif file inFOTW format (216 pixelshigh, 16 color Browser Safepalette).

2. The flag’s proportions shouldbe 1 to 1.x but adaptable to 3x 5.

3. Clear descriptions or Pantonenumbers of the colors shouldaccompany the entry.

4. Individuals may submit up to10 designs. Any beyond that

number will be discarded.5. This competition is open

solely to NAVA members ingood standing. Put yourname and address on theback of the entry. Also submita written statement on theback of the entry outliningthe symbolism of your entryor how its design reflects theelements of the NAVA 38annual meeting.

6. The competition closes March1, 2004: paper entries mustbe postmarked by March 1,2004; electronic entries mustbe sent by March 1.

7. The entries will be judged bya GWAV committee, whosedecision will be final.

8. Judges retain the right tocombine or alter entriessubmitted by any one contes-tant with permission of thedesigner, while continuing torecognize the designer.

Send entries to:Peter KindermanFlaggs U.S.A.3075 Madison RdCincinnati OH 45209 USA

Or e-mail your design to:flaggsusa@prodigy.net

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CANADIAN SYMBOL WEBSITESCanada’s Flag by John Matheson ................... http://collections.ic.gc.ca/flag/Flags of Canada by Alistair Fraser .................. http://fraser.cc/FlagsCan/Story of Canada’s Flag by George Stanley ....... http://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/stanley/flagbook/

welcome.htmCanadian Symbols ......................................... http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/index_e.cfmCanadian Archives Flag Material .................... http://www.archives.ca/04/042403_e.htmlCanadian Flag Etiquette ................................. http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/etiquette/index_e.cfmCanadian Flag Photos ..................................... http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/about_canada/flag/menu-

en.aspCanadian Heraldic Authority .......................... http://www.gg.ca/heraldry/index_e.aspCanadian Flag Clip Art Gallery ....................... http://canflag.ptbcanadian.com/Canadian Symbols Clip Art ............................. http://www.imagesoft.net/canada/can-symb.htmlCanadian francophone communities ............... http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/lo-ol/el-ll/fiche1_e.cfmCanadian Duality flag ..................................... http://www.trcf.caFOTW Canadian Flag page ............................. http://fotw.net/flags/ca.htmlOriginal Sketch of Canadian Flag ................... http://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/stanley/

flaghistorypage2.htmCBC Documentary on the Canadian Flag ........ http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/flagforcanada/Canadian Flag Manufacturing Standards Act . http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/N-9/Pinette’s Flag Pages ........................................ http://www.pinette.net/chris/flags/3D Canadian Web Flag ................................... http://www.3dflags.com/html/gif/2/c/

anmgif_canad_2fawl.htmlCanadian Flag Day eCards ............................. http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/newcards/

showthumbs.pl?q1=efeb_canflagday&log=annieshomepageCanadian Flag Day Souveniers ....................... http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/boutique/canadaday/

index_e.aspCanadian Flag to colour ................................. http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/colouring_flag_canada.htm

NAVA CONTRIBUTORS HONOR ROLLDecember 2002 through November 2003

NAVA gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of its members and friends.Their support makes NAVA programs and publications possible.

Contributors to the NAVA Annual FundPhil AllenJ. E. BeardAndrew BilesWalter C. BraunschweigLois CampbellE. Glenn GilbertJay H. Ginsburg, esq.Thomas HaleRichard KelchnerNyla KladderDavid A MaggiLouis Meka MekaJon T. RadelWoodrow W. RidgwaySteven Wheatley

Underwriters of the Driver AwardNational Flag FoundationTME Company

Contributors to the Flag Conservation FundPhil AllenRichard T. ClarkCarita CulmerJay H. Ginsburg, esq.David A. MaggiJon T. RadelGilbert Vegas

In-Kind ContributionsMichael CarrickTed KayeWhitney SmithTME Company

Contributors to NAVA NewsBert LeonHenry Moeller

Contributors to NAVA 37Canadian Flag AssociationCanadian

Heraldic AuthorityFlag Research CenterFlag TechThe Flag ShopsGreat Waters

Vexillological AssociationHerold FlagsInstitute of Civic HeraldryL’etendardNew England

Vexillological AssociationQuébec ProtocolShipmate Vlag ProductieTME Company

Contributors to RAVEN 9/10Phil AllenElmer Bauer, Jr.J. E. BeardAndrew BilesGloria Krug BortellDaniel Broh-KahnLois CampbellCarita CulmerScot GuenterIt’s About the Flag, Inc.Ted KayeAlbert S. KirschRev. Richardson LibbyDavid A MaggiDavid MartucciJohn D. McGlynnTruman G. PopeJohn PurcellJon T. RadelKenneth R. RayLoyal RohrbaughHenry SampsonRev. Michael B. SmithTME Co., Inc.Gustavo TracchiaSteven WheatleyCindy Williams

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Mr. John S. AdcockHouston TX USAjadcock@alumni.utexas.net

Mrs. Ginette BazerguiLe Flag ShopMontréal QC CANADAmontreal@flagshop.com

Mr. Brandon BihmLafayette LA USAAoI: flags as a hobbybihmboy@aol.com

Mr. John Edward CzarnomskiHummelstown PA USAAoI: US States, CanadianProvinces, and International;symbolism & design.

czarnomsij@syncor.com

Mr. Wayne DeutschIndianapolis IN USAAoI: Native Peoples.

Emerson USA Inc.San Francisco CA USAAoI: Flag manufacturer: US,State, Internationl, Marine,Corporate Logos.

emersonusainc@yahoo.com

RAVEN REPORT

Volume 9/10: American City Flags

RAVEN, NAVA’s annual journal ofvexillology, will appear as a specialdouble issue for 2002-2003. It willcontain over 400 pages on the flagsof the 100 largest cities in the U.S.,all 50 state capitals, and at least twocities per state. Due to the work toinclude late-breaking informationthat has brought the total numberof documented cities to 150, NAVAmembers can expect to receive theircopies in March. The format hasbeen changed—instead of an accom-panying color poster, the book willnow contain color plates bound intothe middle (this will allow larger de-pictions of the color images). Extra

copies at the special advance priceof $25 may be ordered on the NAVAwebsite: www.nava.org. Membershave contributed over $3,000 to un-derwrite this volume, the largestpublication effort ever undertakenby NAVA.

Volume 11: Call for Articles

Raven seeks material for its 2004volume and beyond. Proposed ar-ticles should be from 300 to 3,000words and present new scholarlyfindings relating to flags. Send thetext on computer disk in Word Per-fect or Word (no Mac), along with apaper copy and any associated pho-tographs or figures, to: Ted Kaye,Raven editor, 2235 NW Aspen, Port-land, OR 97210-1218.

Use a minimum of formatting anddo not scan or embed graphics. Allarticles will be reviewed for accep-tance by the Raven Editorial Boardand may be edited for length, style,consistency, and clarity. Authors willsign a publication agreement andcopyright will vest in NAVA. To havematerial returned, enclose a self-

addressed envelope with sufficientpostage. The deadline for submissionis March 15, 2004.

Future Volume: Canadian City Flags

The sequel to American City Flags,Part 1: United States, will be Ameri-can City Flags, Part 2: Canada (orCanadian City Flags, for short). TheRaven editor has developed the tar-get list of cities using the same meth-odology as Part 1, and preliminaryresearch shows that 90 of the 110cities on the list are vexilliferous.(The list includes the 70 largest cit-ies in Canada, all provincial capitals,and at least 5 cities per province.)

Raven seeks volunteers to assistin the research, writing, and artworkfor this volume. They would work asmembers of a team which would di-vide up the cities and produce a draftarticle for each city. Any NAVA mem-ber eager to work on this projectshould e-mail Ted Kaye atraven@nava.org, detailing his/herinterest, resources, and time avail-ability. The schedule for this volumehas not yet been set.

Dr. Gregory StiversonAnnapolis MD USAAoI: American Flags

Mr. Hank GigandetPointe Claire QC CANADAunity@trcf.ca

Mr. Gerald A. HinckleyWilliamstown VT USAAoI: Vermont flags.

Rev. Edwin JackmanKleinburg ON CANADAfjackman@invictainvestments.com

Mr. Ed JacksonAthens GA USAAoI: U.S. Flags,particularly Georgiajackson@cviog.uga.edu

Mr. Peter A. KlumpenhowerGallup NM USA9 years olddavid.klumpenhower@state.mn.us [father’s e-mail]

Ms. Janet L. MartucciWashington ME USAmartucci@midcoast.com

Mr. Patrice de la BrosseMinistère des Relationsinternationales—Le Protocole

Québec QC CANADA

Mr. Nathan G. LammKew Gardens Hills NY USAAoI: Historic Flags, especially ofthe US, New York flags, others.

nelamm18@yahoo.com

Mr. Bert LeonFt Lauderdale FL USAAoI: Collects unique historicUS Flags.

Mr. Scott D. MainwaringPortland OR USAScottMainwaring@Yahoo.comhttp://scott.mainwaring.name/

Mr. John F. MessnerManchester United KingdomAoI: Civic and municipal flags,historic flags, symbolism in flags

messnerjohn@hotmail.com

Mr. Michel SimardMontréal QC CANADAmicsimard@sympatico.ca

Mr. John R. PittsenbargarLas Cruces NM USAAoI: Civil War Flags, Flags inGeneral; makes handsewn flags

ipitts@zianet.comhttp://www.riograndesutlery.com

Mr. John FordCrowborough, East SussexUNITED KINGDOMjohnandanamaria@hotmail.com

Ms. Sarah Biles SandersAshland OR USAAoI: I have been interested inflags for years, and using them inmy classroom was paramount.

sarahb@mind.net

Dr. Marcus SchmögerMünich GERMANYAoI: Bavarian municipal flags,Roman flags and vexilloids, partyflags (Germany & Italy), FOTW

mevs@ed-weappen.de

Mr. J. Nelson WarnerLafayette LA USAAoI: Flags as a hobbysavagex@bellsouth.net

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Chumley the Vexi-Gorilla™... Is the creation of Michael Faul, Editor of

Flagmaster, the distinguished journal of The FlagInstitute in the United Kingdom. To a field not

often blessed by humor’s grace, Mr Faul brings adelightfully light touch, deep vexillological roots,and sparkling whimsy.

Support historic flag conservation.Donate to NAVA’s Flag Conservation pro-gram and preserve a piece of history!

NAVA NewsPublished quarterly by the North

American Vexillological Association(NAVA), PMB 225, 1977 N Olden Ave Ext,Trenton NJ 08618-2193 USA. ISSN 1053-3338. Material appearing in NAVA Newsdoes not necessarily reflect the policy oropinion of NAVA, the executive board, orthe editor.

Please send articles, letters to the edi-tor, and inquiries concerning advertisingrates and permission to reprint articlesto:

David Martucci, Editor240 Calderwood Rd

Washington ME 04574-3440 USA(207) 845-2857

navanews@nava.orgArticles may be submitted in hard copy

or in any Macintosh or PC format (except-ing Lotus Word Pro) on 3.5” diskettes,CDR, or Zip disks. A hard copy showingall formatting preferences should accom-pany the disk. Articles and/or disks ac-companied by a SASE will be returned.

NAVA solicits annual bids for format-ting, layout, and printing of its publica-tions. Please write to the address belowfor more information.

Please send copies or originals of anyflag-related newspaper and magazineclippings and all non-NAVA News relatedcorrespondence, including change of ad-dress or changes in email status to theAssociation’s permanent address:

NAVAPMB 225

1977 N Olden Ave ExtTrenton NJ 08618-2193 USA

treas@nava.org

Visit NAVA on the web athttp://www.nava.org/

©2003 NAVA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

US State flag chart US$10 each post-paid in USA or Canada. NAVA Shopper,Mason Kaye, 2235 NW Aspen Ave, Port-land OR 97210-1218 USA, Email:veximonkey@aol.com.

© 2003 Michael Faul

NAVA membership renewals aregoing out with this issue of NAVANEWS. Please take a moment to

review the section titled “BylawsAmendment.” We need your help

to correct an anomaly that creptinto our bylaws a few years ago.

The bylaws are supposed to say

that they can be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present

at a meeting, as long as all mem-bers are given advance notice of theproposed change. However, the

part about “present at a meeting”was accidentally dropped at some

point. As the bylaws stand, it takestwo thirds of the entire membershipto amend them. Since only mem-

bers physically present at a meet-ing can vote, that means that we

would have to get two-thirds of theentire membership of NAVA togetherin the same room, a virtual impos-

sibility.Fortunately, there’s a way to fix

this problem. Another provision ofthe bylaws says that we can amendthe bylaws without a meeting, if

two-thirds of the entire member-ship agrees in writing to do so.Therefore, along with your mem-

bership renewal the board is ask-ing that you sign a consent form to

amend Section 1.08 (a) of the by-laws to read as follows:

(a) These bylaws may beamended at any annual or specialmeeting of the voting members, pro-vided that a copy of the proposedamendment shall have been deliv-ered to all voting and nonvotingmembers with the meeting notice.Bylaws amendments shall requirean affirmative vote of two-thirds ofthe voting members present andvoting at the meeting.

If this change is approved, theboard will form a committee to re-view the entire bylaws, and topresent recommended changes atthe 2004 annual meeting (wherethey can then be voted on). Pleasemake this possible by signing theconsent form on your membershiprenewal. If you have any questionsor concerns about the bylaws,please contact board members atboard@nava.org

NAVA BYLAWSAMENDMENT

Four 3x5 Far East-made flags to ei-ther trade or sell. Alabama, Arkansas,Alaska, and Arizona, US$12 each, in-cluding shipping. Wanted: 3x5 Territo-ries of the US to trade. James W. Ritchie,615 W Walnut St, Elizabethton TN 37643USA (423) 542-9175

Contract OpportunitiesWhile many aspects of production areprovided by volunteers, NAVA has foundit necessary to contract for formattingand typesetting services. In past yearsNAVA has received the services from anoutside firm or a NAVA member (at areduced rate). If you are interested inbidding on Raven 11 or NAVA News,contact treas@nava.org or write the NAVAtreasurer for a bid package. The biddingwill close on 3/15/04.

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2. Woody & HelenRidgway andJennifer Sweeney& Morgan Milner.(JL)3. Sarah Sandersand Ted Kaye. (DM)4. Bus tourvignette. (DM)

5. HankGigandetand MichelSimard.(JC)6. Dr.RafaelSosa andhis Mayanflag. (AB)

7.Jack&KarenLowe.(TK)

8.PresidentMartucciandBeaJones.(JM)

9. Four flags in theOld Port. (TK)

10. Luc Baronianand Patrice de laBrosse. (JL)

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16. The Master of Ceremonies, AndrewBiles. (DM)17. Fiancine LeBlanc, DoreenBraverman and Janet Martucci. (DM)18. Dave and Jim’s auction! (TK)

19. Our bus driver and tour guide infront of Olympic Stadium. (DM)

Photo credits: AB-Andy Biles; JC-JimCroft; TK-Ted Kaye; JL-Jack Lowe; DM-Dave Martucci; JM-Janet Martucci.

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make abust! Ted

Kaye,Harry

Oswaldand MasonKaye. (JC)