A TEAM of OUR OWN “Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh, Lumberjacks, Minutemen, and Pa- My!” While This May Sound Like a Line by John H

May/June1999

Vol. 32 • No. 3 May/June 1999 A TEAM OF OUR OWN “Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh, Lumberjacks, Minutemen, and Pa- my!” While this may sound like a line by John H. Gámez dres. Ethnic groups are also repre- from a famous motion picture, it is sented such as Eskimos, Vikings, actually a partial listing of profes- Canadiens, Canucks, Americans, sional sports mascots and nick- Hawaiians, Floridians, La Raza, names.1 Metros-Croatia (from Toronto, ON), While Americans often think of Texans, Tejanos, Aztecs, Indians, professional sports as being limited and yes, Soviets. to football, baseball, basketball, and Some nicknames were chosen be- ice hockey, the Sports Logo Guide cause of the state of race relations also identifies professional lacrosse, of the day. Black athletes were at one roller derby, roler hockey, soccer, time not allowed to compete against team tennis, and volleyball. In all, white athletes. To circumvent this that reference identifies 82 profes- problem many black baseball teams sional North American sports pretended to be foreign. Thus, were leagues, both active and defunct, born the Cubans, Cuban Stars, and from before the turn of the century our military heritage. Companies, others. to 1997. battalions, and regiments have of- With the controversey surround- Organized sports goes back to the ten carried proud names such as ing the use of Native American very dawn of civilization, with every Guards, Rifles, Dragoons, Lancers, names as team nicknames, U.S. culture having some sort of athletic Zouaves, and so on. The American News and World Report ran a story competition as part of it’s heritage. Civil War produced some of the more pointing out the inappropriateness This is especially true in today’s so- creative fighting nicknames. Union of such nicknames. It also suggested ciety. We seem enamored with the soldiers sometimes found them- non-offensive names such as Fight- performance and antics of our le- selves pitted against such fearsome ing Mineral Salts. gions of highly skilled, highly paid units as the Mississippi Yankee Partially because of this contro- athletes. To the fan, these teams rep- Hunters, Mounted Wild Cats, New versy, non-offensive names, such as resent not only a city or region, but Garden Fearnoughts, Tyranny Un- A’s, Action, Advantage, Beacons, Bi- also an attribute, whether real or masked Artillery, Franklin Fire Eat- centennials, Blast, Breeze, Breakers, imagined. The heiritage of a given ers, Hell Roaring Horse, and the One- Impact, Liberty, Kicks, Machine, locality is often embodied by the Eyed Battallion.2 Sounds, and Xplosion may have team logo, colors, or nickname. Modern team nicknames vary come into being. Team nicknames are not a mod- greatly as to the source of each par- Originally, baseball teams were ern phenomenon, but rather part of ticular team’s moniker. Anything Continued on page 6 from culture, vocation, or avocation 18th ICV On The Web can used to derive a particular team’s identity. S O R R Y Plans are underfoot for photos and Zoology is the vocation which is by reports from the 18th International The NAVA President and interim far the most represented, with ani- editor of NAVA News wishes to apolo- Congress of Vexillology to be posted mals from every genus and order. daily during the Congress onto Cat lovers are the most represented gize to the members for the extreme NAVA’s award-winning web site! of this group with teams called Li- lateness of the News. Events beyond NAVA’s Webmaster, Dick Gideon and ons, Tigers, Tiger-Cats, Bobcats, Bor- the control of the Board have cre- President, Dave Martucci have col- der Cats, Catbirds, Channel Cats, ated the situation but we have done laborated on a plan to transmit digi- Bengals, Ice Cats, Panthers, Cou- everything in our power to correct tal photos and written reports each gars, Hellcats, Jaguars, Kats, Lynx, it. Those wishing to assist in this Mountain cats, Nightcats, Sabrecats, night to the web site’s special 18ICV effort by contributing articles, advice Thunder Cats, Wildcats, Wildcatters, pages. Check it out each day! It’s the and Gatos. or efforts may kindly contact the next best thing to being there. Look Humanity in all its diversity is also NAVA President to make their inten- for this and other features at http:/ well represented. From occupations tions known. Thank you for your /www.nava.org/ such as Cowboys—1—, Steelers, Oilers, understanding. NAVA News 32/3 VV EE XX II BB II TT SS The Denver Post. 28 March win, NT, Australia). 31 March 1999. In a controversial move, by John H. Gámez 1999. The Australian Football the Japanese government is con- League wants to revamp its glo- sidering legislation to formally an estimated $18 million. Origi- bal image by changing its logo. adopt the national flag and an- nally the flag cost $405.90. The Currently the logo is heraldic in them. The national flag, known project goal is to “stabilize the nature with a shield and capitol as the Hinomaru and the anthem flag” rather than to attempt to letter “A” formed by the lower entitled “Kimigayo” have critics make it look like new. (submitted hoist canton of the British Union up in arms. Although both flag by Anna K. Weisz) Jack. The league feels that both and song have been used widely The Mail Tribune (Medford, OR). the shield and Union Jack refer- since the end of World War II, 30 January 1999. The Oregon ence are outdated. (submitted by both are considered to be linked state legislature has passed a bill Ron Stracham) to the atrocities committed by that would require school teach- Northern Territory News. 8 Japanese troops in eastern Asia ers to conduct the Pledge of Alle- April 1999. The pilot of the first and the Pacific islands. (submit- giance at least once a week. Ap- F-117 “stealth” fighter to be shot ted by John R. King, III) parently, the law has not set a down was comforted by the U.S. The Beaumont Enterprise. 13 specific time or place for the flag he had folded inside his flight December 1998. A news photo Pledge. Some feel that the legis- suit. It was given to him by a fe- shows one of several huge U.S. lature should not be wasting its male freind. He said of the flag, flags that are to be hung from time on an unenforcable law, “For me it was representational buildings in the Gaza strip along while one lawmaker feels that the of all the people who I knew were President Clinton’s parade route. law does not go far enough. (sub- praying. It was a piece of every- The President made the trip to mitted by James M. White) one and very comforting. It helped help save the the Isreali- The Christian Science Monitor. me not to let go of hope.” (submit- Palestinain peace process. (sub- 30 November 1998. Turkish ted by Ron Stracham) mitted by David Ott) expatriots living in Germany The NSW Freemason. December The New York Times. 21 De- marched through the streets of 1998. This issue relates the story cember 1998. By visiting the Pal- Berlin waving Turkish national of an Australian flag that was estinian State, President flags. They were demanding the used in American and Australian Clinton’s popularity in the Middle extradition of Kurdish rebel combined freemason meetings in East reached a new high. By Abdullah Ocalan who is being the southwest Pacific during bombing Iraq days later, his held in Italy. (submitted by David World War II. After the war the popularity plunged. Palestians Ott) Australian flag was taken back to who had cheered for the U.S. Riverine Herald (Victoria, Aus- the states where it remained for President showed their anger by tralia). For Richard and Carolyn many years with freemason “...their prefered and time-hon- Hupfield, home is where the Winson H. Linnert. In 1957 the ored tradition of burning Ameri- heart is. And although they live flag was returned to fellow can flags...” (submitted by Anna in the Australia state of Victoria, freemason Syd Richardson. The K. Weisz) they fly the flag of the Northern flag was later used at ANZAC The Boston Globe. 31 May 1999. Territory from their home. Rich- commemoration ceromonies. The Smithsonian Institution has ard expresses his feelings quite (submitted by Ron Stracham) begun the task of restoring “The clearly, “The Northern territory is Greek News (Melbourne, Star Spangled Banner” - the huge Australia as far as I am con- Victoria, Australia) 29 March U.S. flag that flew during the cerned. (submitted by Ron 1999. Four young Greek climb- siege of Fort McHenry during the Stracham, Darwin, NT, Australia) ers scaled Mt. Kilimanjaro, the War of 1812. The project will cost Northern Territory News (Dar- highest peak in Africa and —2— May/June1999 planted the Greek flag on top. cember 1998. Dress rehearsals Their next task, Mt. Everest the for the flag raising of the world’s The offending trucker was ar- highest peak the world. (submit- largest U.S. flag were completed. rested on a variety of charges. ted by Ron Stracham) The flag, which measures 7,410 The white trucker decided to re- Beaumont Enterprise. 27 No- sq.ft., is larger than a basketball place the Confederate bug screen vember 1918 (yes, that is the cor- court and can be seen for 30 with a U.S. flag bug sceen. (sub- rect date). In a move aimed at miles flying from its 225 ft. pole. mitted by Bernard Couture, Sr.) Communist and Anarchists, New (submitted by Bernard Couture, Florida Today. 26 December York city banned the use of red Sr.) 1998. It was announced that or black flags and flags bearing The Press Journal (Vero Beach, Russia and Belarus would merge anti-government slogans at any FL). 13 January 1999. Charles into one republic. (submitted by parades. (submitted by David Ott) Wilhite of Overland Park, KS, was Bernard Couture, Sr.) The Oregonian. 2 April 1999. arrested for attempting to sell the Florida Today. 26 December Canada’s newest teritorry raised flag of the 12th Regiment Corps 1998. Because of low water on its flag for the first time today. d’Afrique, U.S. Army. the flag was the Delaware River, General Nunavut celebrated with festivi- stolen fom a museum 22 years George Washington, had to walk ties, fireworks, and a new flag. ago. (submitted by Bernard Cou- his flags over to New Jersey. Ac- The flag of the territory depicts ture, Sr.) tually, this was part of the an- the North star and an inuksuk The Press Journal. 8 January nual reenactment of (a guide post made of stones). 1999. Paul deParrie, a “Pro-life” Washington’s crossing of the (submitted by Donald Klett) advocate protested court pro- Delaware. Because of low water The New York Times. 9 April ceedings against him and his conditions, the riverine assault 1999. “Two Flags,” a work by website by taping an upsidedown could not be completed. (submit- American artist Jasper Johns is U.S. flag across his mouth. His ted by Bernard Couture, Sr.) to be auctioned at Christies in website list hundreds of doctors World Wide Web. Celebrating New York City. It is expected to who perform abortions across the their 100th anniversary, the Vet- draw bids of between $7 million U.S. Names of doctors killed were erans of Foreign Wars are offer- to $10 million. Other flag works crossed off, others are depicted ing a centennial version of their done by Johns have been sold for in “Wanted poster” form. (submit- flag. The flag is a horizontal tri- up to $6 million. (submitted by ted by Bernard Couture, Sr.) color of R/W/B from top to bot- Anna K. Weisz) The Herald. 8 November 1998. tom with the VFW centennial logo The New York Times. 27 April The personal flag and standard in the center. You can see it at 1999. A full page ad by Christie’s of Adof Hitler will be on display their website at http:// auction house shows a color re- with a traveling exhibit. the ex- www.vfw.org/. (VexiBits ed.) production of the the work “Two hibit entitled, “World War II NBC Television. 16 June 1999. Flags” by Jasper Johns. (submit- Through Russian Eyes” contain Something you don’t see that of- ted by Anna K. Weisz) many personal items of Hitler ten in San Antonio, Texas, much The Orlando Sentinal. 31 Janu- captured by Russian troops and less the National Basketball As- ary 1999. John Edward Reeves taken to Moscow as trophies of sociation championship series - of Jacksonville, FL, was arrested war. (submitted by Bernard Cou- the flag of the U.S. Virgin Islands for wearing a U.S. flag as a pon- ture, Sr.) - dozens of them. About 150 Cru- cho. He was incarcerated for two Florida Today (Melbourne, FL). cians (natives of the island of St. days. Despite U.S. Supreme 4 December 1998. A black truck Croix) came to cheer on fellow Court rulings, Florida’s flag driver was enraged when he saw Crucian and San Antonio Spur, desacration laws are still on the a Confederate flag bug screen on Tim Duncan. Most of them could books. (submitted by Bernard the grill of another truck. He be seen in their second tier seats Couture, Sr.) forced the white trucker off the waving the flags of the U.S. Vir- The Herald (Miami, FL) 27 De- road and threatened to kill him. gin Islands. (VexiBits ed.) —3— NAVA News 32/3 Towards A More Perfect Union … Flag by David B. Martucci With the changes in the of the Scottish Flag. To be cor- “Union,” although two dif- United Kingdom now taking rect, the “Scotch Union Flag” ferent Royal Standards seems place, one has to wonder what ought to place a fimbriated St. to be a good thing. will transpire if and when the Andrew’s Cross over the En- So, from a design stand- glish Flag (Fig. 3) but the design I do not believe would be very popular. “Too much white” would probably be the most common criticism. Also, Britons, both English and Scottish, seem to have become quite fond of their Figure 4 - Union Flag since 1801 “red-white-blue” colours, point, one has to consider the Figure 1 - The “Scotch Union Flag” which would explain why we following guidelines if a rede- country renounces its claims are seeing the “Scotch Union sign of the Union Flag is being to the “Kingdom” of Northern Flag” instead of the plain Scot- considered: Ireland. Since the Sovereign tish Cross. The English, I • Must keep the two national now has revived the use of the think, would not feel that com- crosses of England and Scottish version of the Royal Scotland. Standard (with two “Scottish • Must present the two em- Quarters” instead of one) and blems as united without one there have been sightings of obviously taking precedence the “Scotch Union Flag” (Fig. over the other. 1), Great Britain seems ripe for • Must use the three colours further flag changes. (red-white-blue) in some- Of course, the “Scotch thing approximating the Union Flag”, a “sandwich” of present proportions of each the background of the Scottish Figure 3 - “Scotch Union Flag” using colour. Flag and its Saltire Cross principles of design of First Union Flag. How can this be accom- separated with the English fortable reverting to the Cross plished? As a designer, I can Cross and its fimbriation in of St. George with no blue see only one way. A gyronny the center, is not in keeping colour in it at all. of eight, each segment bear- Of course, if Ireland as a ing a piece of the two crosses Kingdom drops out of the UK, then they could always remove the “St. Patrick’s Cross” (so- called) from the present Union Flag (Fig. 4) and revert to the original Union Flag (Fig. 2). That would still have the problem of which cross is super- Figure 5 - Proposed Union Flag Figure 2 - First Union Flag imposed over which, a fact using the Design Principles stated (1606-1801) that the Scots still seemingly in this article. with the design considerations don’t like very much. And hav- alternately. I am not sure that of the first Union Flag (Fig. 2). ing two different “Union” Flags is the best description but the That flag placed the English would not seem to me to be a drawing shows the idea best Cross and fimbriation on top good way of promoting the (Fig. 5) . —4— May/June1999 NAVA ANNUAL MEETING NAVA Budgets for 1999-2000 BUDGET 1 Aug 1999 1 Oct 1999 AGENDA 30 Sep 1999 30 Sep 2000 ======1 AUGUST 1999 INCOME 1. Call to Order 1. Dues $ 800 $10,800 2. Introductions 2. Interest 0 600 3. NAVA Shopper 0 600 3. Minutes of last meeting 4. William Driver Award 0 125 4. Reports: 5. NAVA 34 Convention 0 6,000 a. Elected Officers 6. From NAVA Reserves 0 2,600 ------i. Treasurer GRAND TOTAL INCOME $ 800 $20,850 ii. Secretary ======iii. Second Vice President EXPENSES iv. First Vice President 1. PUBLICATIONS a. NAVA NEWS v. President black-and-white, 500 copies per issue b. Appointed Officers i. Layout $ 350 $ 2,100 i. Auditor ii. Printing 250 1,500 iii. Mailing 200 1,200 ii. Historian iv. 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Adjourn g. Officer telephone 0 750 h. Officer postage & misc 0 250 i. William Driver Award 0 250 The NAVA Executive Board will meet on 28 July j. NAVA 34 Convention 0 6,000 and again immediately following the Annual Meet------GRAND TOTAL EXPENSES $ 800 $20,850 ing on 1 August. ======—5— NAVA News 32/3 Team Continued from Page 1 to cheer for. returned. In the 1979-80 season the known by the colors of their uniform With professional sports names crossed flags logo was dropped in fa- stockings. Thus we get, the White Sox, ranging from everything under the sun vor of a caricature of an eagle in hockey Red Sox, Black Socks, Red Legs, etc. to beyond the heliostat, the question gear, sans flags. Only the word FLAGS If those colors are not to your liking, remains: What about vexillologists? remained in the logo to identify the you can choose the Blackhawks, Well, we could have followed the Port team nickname (Fig. 2). The new logo Blues, Blue Ox, Blue Wave, Browns, Huron Flags of the International lasted only two seasons. The Flags Gold, Maroons, Oranges, Rainbows, Hockey League (IHL). folded (no pun intended) after the Reds, Red Army (no kidding), Red Dev- Their name 1980-81 season due to lack of fan sup- ils, Red Wings, Redskins, and Red was chosen from port.7 Roses. Of course, a colorful nickname a number of en- Overall, The Flags played in 16 sea- is no guarantee of the actual team col- trants in a name- sons, won two league championships, ors. The primary color of the Chicago the-team contest. The won one All-Star Game,8 played 1,194 Blackhawks is red, The Cleveland name was chosen because games with a record of 535 wins, 518 Browns are orange, the Washington of the number of U.S. and losses, and 141 ties for and overall Redskins use burgandy, and the Chi- Canadian flags seen in this city situ- winning percentage of 50.7%. The cago White Sox have used red or black ated on the U.S.-Canadian border.3 Flags scored 4,788 goals and the opin various years. Originally, the logo (or crest as it was position scored 4,767. If you are a fan of numbers you can commonly called) was to have crossed Although gone, The Flags are not for- cheer for the ’76ers, ’49ers, Colt .45’s, U.S. and Canadian flags. When offi- gotten. The modern day Port Huron Six Guns, ’86ers, and Eighty-Eights. cials found out that a logo composed BorderCats maintain a bit of the The Geologists, meteorologists, and of national flags might be illegal, they Flags heritage. The BorderCats origi- oceanographers can root for any num- changed it to two crossed hockey nal logo was composed of a vicious fe- ber of teams called Thunder, Lightning, sticks with flags flying from the line holding a bridge over his head. Be- Cyclones, Hurricanes, Fog, Surf, Break- handles. One flag was blue with an hind the bridge were the crossed ers, Earthquakes, and Continentals. eagle, the other was red with a yellow hockey sticks and flags from The Flags Engineers can revel in the fact that maple leaf. The logo was completed crest.9 Later, when the team went from aircraft are a popular source for team with the name The Flags across the the Colonial Hockey League to the nicknames, such as Bombers and Jets. design (Fig. 1).4 United Hockey League, the logo was One team was named after one famous As vexillologists, we can be proud of altered so that the sticks were removed airplane - The Spirits of St. Louis are The Flags. They won the IHL’s Turner and the flags placed at each end of the named for Charles Lindburg’s famous Cup, which represents the league bridge (Fig. 3).10 plane. championship, in 1966 and 1971. they Notes Linguists can follow teams in other also won the Fred A. Huber, Jr. Tro- languages, such as Canadiens, phy for the best overall record in 1965, 1. Three sources are employed in the com- piling of nicknames. John Fulgaro. Sports Voyaguers, Quebecois, Olympiques (all and the Frank Gallagher Trophy in Logo Guide. (San Ramon, CA: The Sports from Montréal), Nordiques, Amigos, 1979 for the IHL Eastern Confrence Fanatic, 1997). 3rd ed.; David B. Biesel. Gatos, Tejanos, Toros, and Aztecas. Of Cahmpionship in 1980. The Flags also Can You Name That Team? (Metuchen, NJ: course, Canada would would have a hold IHL records in two different The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1991).; Eric team with a bilingual nickname - As catagories. One for the longest streak Miller. Sports Hall of Oblivion. (p.p.,n.d.). de Quebec/Quebec Aces. without a shutout, scoring at least one 2. Philip Haythornwaite. Uniforms of the Astonomers are represented by goal per game in 331 consecutive con- Civil War: In Color. (New York: Sterling Pub- teams such as the Stars (one of the tests. The other for the fastest two lishing Co., Inc., 1990), p. 97. most common team names), Starzz, goals in one game. The Flags scored 3. Undated and unsigned letter from the North Stars, Planets, Comets, Komets, twice against the Saginaw Gears offices of the International Hockey League Galaxy, and Suns. within two seconds of game time!5 to the author. Port Huron The Flags 4. The Official Web Site of the Musicians can sing the praises of the BorderCats (http://www.bordercats. com/ Sounds, Jazz, Rockers, and Rockin commenced ). History of the Port Huron Flags. Photos Rollers. play in the in various sources sometimes show the Of course, some team names are 1962-63 sea- American flag with a circle of stars around beyond description. The Indianapolis son and contin- the eagle. The illustrations for The Flags ABC’s, the Cleveland Allmen Trans- ued through logos were found in the Internet Hockey fers, West Brooklyn Assumption Tri- the end of the Database (http://www.slater.alabanza. angles, Toledo Jim White Chevrolets, 1970-71 cam- com/ihdb/) and the Sports Logo Guide. Clowns (various cities), Chicago Duffy paign. Because 5. International Hockey League 1997-98 Of- Florals, Akron Firstone Non-Skids, Cin- the team owner may ficial Guide and Record Book. Ed. Tim cinnati Kelly’s Killers, Clevland Molly have wanted a closer affiliation Bryant. (Peoria, IL: Multi-Ad Services, Inc., 1997). with the nearby Detroit Red Wings of Maguires, and the Minnesota Goofys. 6. Letter from Jeff Davis, Archivist, Hockey Some teams may have been named the National Hockey League, and pos- Hall of Fame to the author. 7 July 1997. under the influence of of mood alter- sibly to attract more fans from south- 7. Internet Hockey Database and Sports ing chemicals. The Kentucky Bourbons eastern Michigan, the nickname The Logo Guide, p. 273. and the Pennsylvania Stoners come to Flags was dropped and the team be- 8. Back then, the defending league cham- mind. came the Port Huron Red Wings start- pion played an exhibition game against a With numerous teams sporting logos ing in the 1971-72 season.6 They kept team of league all-stars. that are heraldic or semi-heraldic in that name for three seasons. Then for 9. Sports Logo Guide. p. 248. design, even Heralds have something the 1974-75 season, the name Flags 10. Internet Hockey Database. —6— May/June1999 MEMBERSHIP NAVA News DIRECTORY ERRATA Published bimonthly by the North Ameri- Grace Rogers Cooper can Vexillological Association (NAVA), PMB 225, 1977 N Olden Ave Ext, Tren- November through ton NJ 08618-2193 USA. ISSN 1053- April Address: 3338. 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Please suggest 8 flags to fly at Ana- Raven has been released early this heim, California hotel... please sug- Please send all non-NAVA News related correspondence, including change of year, thanks in large part to Ted gest appropriate themes ... i.e. g-7 Kaye, Editor and the excellent edi- address or changes in email status to nations, historic... the Association’s permanent address: torial board. Peter Orenski also has [email protected] NAVA contributed much to this effort and PMB 225 we thank him very much for his “un- 1977 N Olden Ave Ext flagging” efforts. I specialize in studying flags and Trenton NJ 08618-2193 USA [email protected] The NAVA Web site has received a symbols from inter-war Europe much needed face lift thanks to Dick (1919-1939) and from the USSR. Visit NAVA on the web at Gideon, our new webmaster. Much I have been trying to find out in- http://www.nava.org/ new material has been added and formation on a particular political ©1999 NAVA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED the existing material was updated symbol used during the inter-war and revamped. Thanks Dick! period. It consisted of a stylized rep- Things are looking good for the resentation of a plow, a sword, and NEW EDITOR SOUGHT 18th International Congress of a gearwheel. The sword was point- NAVA News is looking for a new editor. Vexillology and NAVA’s 33rd Conven- ing straight up, with the plow inter- Duties to include determining editorial tion, being held concurrently in secting the sword from the left side content with the advice of the NAVA Publications Committee, arranging for Victoria, BC, Canada, 28 July-2 at a forty-five degree angle, and half August. I’m looking forward to see- layout and design of each issue in a of a gearwheel appearing to the right timely manner, receiving and respond- ing as many of you there as I can. side. For those who can’t make it, look for ing to authors and letters to the editor, Does anybody know what this determining articles and columns for the daily updates and photos on the might be? The image appeared (along each issue, arranging for production web site. Special thanks are due to with a large collection of others) on and mailing of each issue. Chantal Webb for her excellent work the jacket of the book “A History of Those who may be interested in this on the meeting. volunteer position may contact the Fascism, 1914-1945” by Professor Next year’s convention will be held NAVA President: Stanley Payne. From what country, in Lansing, Michigan thanks to David Martucci and from what party, did it originate? David Breitenbach’s great efforts. 240 Calderwood Rd Best, Thanks David! Washington ME 04574 Jeremy Marsh (207) 845-2857 Pro Vexillis! [email protected] Dave Martucci, President [email protected] —7— NAVA News 32/3 NORTH AMERICAN VEXILLOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PMB 225 1977 N Olden Ave Ext Trenton NJ 08618 USA Return Service Requested

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