{"id":54,"date":"2015-11-16T19:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T23:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bohn.org\/wpmocha\/?p=54"},"modified":"2021-08-31T06:19:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:19:03","slug":"redesigning-the-new-jersey-flag-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bohn.org\/wpmocha\/blog\/2015\/11\/16\/redesigning-the-new-jersey-flag-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Redesigning the New Jersey Flag \u2014 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a recent post<\/a> I responded to Brian Donohue\u2019s call for new designs for the New Jersey flag <\/a>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\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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proposed New Jersey flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In this post I am going to suggest an additional flag design, an ensign, be adopted that can be the basis of flags for state officers and departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This proposal is loosely based upon the use by British institutions and territories of flags based upon the red, white and blue ensigns (flags of those colors with the Union Jack in the upper corner or canton, the White Ensign also is quartered by a red cross of St. George), with arms or other symbols added to the fly, said to \u201cdeface\u201d (not meant pejoratively) the flag:<\/p>\n\n\n\n