Category: Flags

Last November Brian Donohue called for the submissions of designs for a new New Jersey state flag. I responded by two posts, the first suggesting that the new flag be a banner of the State’s arms and the second proposing the “New Jersey buff ensign” as an auxiliary flag. On February 8, 2016, the ten… Continue reading Redesigning the New Jersey Flag — Another Idea

Last November Brian Donohue called for the submissions of designs for a new New Jersey state flag. I responded by two posts, the first suggesting that the new flag be a banner of the State’s arms and the second proposing the “New Jersey buff ensign” as an auxiliary flag. On February 8, 2016, the ten… Continue reading Redesigning the New Jersey Flag — Comments on the Ten Finalists

In a recent post I responded to Brian Donohue’s call for new designs for the New Jersey flag by suggesting it instead of showing the entire achievement of arms on a buff field the flag consist of a banner of the arms, like Maryland’s. In this post I am going to suggest an additional flag design,… Continue reading Redesigning the New Jersey Flag — Part 2

In a recent article Brian Donohue of NJ Advance Media suggested that New Jersey’s flag should be redesigned. He is certainly correct that our flag, which consists of the whole achievement of arms (shield, helmet, crest supporters and motto; technically the “coat” of arms is only the shield) on a buff field is not well-designed. I… Continue reading Redesigning the New Jersey Flag — Part 1