Flag of New England

I didn't know, but apparently there is a flag of New England. Here's a page from someone in the New England vexological society:

http://www.midcoast.com/~martucci/flags/NEFlag.html

You can see it in the background of Trumbull's battle of bunker hill.

http://www.safran-arts.com/42day/art/art4jun/06trmbul/17bunker.html

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These guys here are selling the flags

http://www.usflags.com/ProductDetail.asp?ItemID=1022&Search=new+england&p=1&psize=50

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By adamg - Jun 21, 2004, 7:15 PM
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Because I'm fascinated with obsessive people, this is my favorite part of the page:

On 8 June 1998, K. Albert Ebinger, owner of the copyright on the above flag design, made a presentation to the New England Governor's Conference who, without realizing it was a proprietary design controlled for the profit of one person, adopted the design as the official New England Flag. IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE NEW ENGLAND GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE (NEGC Inc., 76 Summer St, Boston MA 02110-1226, 1-617-423-6900, FAX 1-617-423-7327, negc@tiac.net, http://www.tiac.net/users/negc/) OR YOUR FAVORITE NEW ENGLAND GOVERNOR(S) AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

Hey, Mitt, knock it off and GIVE THIS GUY HIS FLAG BACK!

The other thing I like is the whole pine-cone thing - since I've thought it was cool ever since I learned that the thing atop the State House is not a pineapple but a pine cone, representing the days when Maine was still part of Massachusetts.

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By Sparky - Jun 21, 2004, 7:29 PM
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Fairly accurate except I would say it was the Wampanoag Indians more so than the Penecooks that assisted the Pilgrims that first winter. I think they entered the picture later when the Pilgrims established a trading post a few years later in what is now Maine.

The other item that I never read before (& therefore doubt) is that Roger Williams considered the cross to be the sign of the anti-Christ. I believe the reason he & most Puritans removed the cross from the flag is that they believed in the separation of church & state, their concern was to keep the church pure and free of governmental influence (& not the other way around).


November 1978 ~ Democrats drinking the Kool-Aid ~ November 2008

"Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem"

"Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Sarah"

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More New England Flag merchandise

http://www.cafeshops.com/continentalflag

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