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Thursday 14 July 2016

New Hampshire State Flag

By John Raynolds


New Hampshire, one of the original 13 colonies, was the first state to have its own state constitution. Its spirit of independence is epitomized in the state motto-"Live Free or Die."

After a 38-year period of union with Massachusetts, New Hampshire was made a separate royal colony in 1679. As leaders in the revolutionary cause, New Hampshire delegates received the honor of being the first to vote for the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

The New Hampshire state flag contains the state seal in the center against a deep blue canvas. The seal itself is intricate with a circular wreath interspersed with nine stars. Outside of the wreath are the words, "Seal of the State of New Hampshire" and "1776." Inside the wreath and stars lies a ship docked at sunrise. Beams of light from the sun are visible surrounding the ship, and an American flag is on the ship's deck in the picture. The only colors on the seal are blue, red, yellow and green.

The state seal of New Hampshire has its own unique meaning, in addition to the flag. The nine stars represent New Hampshire as the ninth state to join the Union while the wreath symbolizes eminence and victory. The ship embodies the USS Raleigh which was one of the first 13 warships built in 1776 by the Continental Congress for a new American navy.

The ship in front of the rising sun is the frigate, Raleigh. The Raleigh was one of the first warships to be commissioned by the American navy and was built in New Hampshire in 1776, the year the state gained independence. The United States flag is flying at the stern of the ship. The Atlantic Ocean surrounds the ship and the shores of New Hampshire's coastline. The rock in the foreground is granite; symbolic of the state's nickname and character of its people.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior New Hampshire 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 inferior to American-made Hampshire flags, but 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 New Hampshire flag for the future.




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