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Vexilloid Tabloid #8 Portland Flag Association 1 ISSN 2474-1787 Portland Flag Association “Free, and Worth Every Penny!” Issue 81 April 2020 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Everyone versus Each One Everyone versus Each One 1 By Ted Kaye 2018 update 2 March 2020 Flutterings A discussion during the latest PFA added a symbol Cincinnati Neighborhood Flags 4 meeting crystallized a concept I’d for the native Quarantine Flags 6 peoples—something for each. Coronavirus (COVID-19) & Flags 8 been mulling over for some time: Roundup 9 flags should represent everyone in Australia has a similar problem. In The Republic of Michael Orelove 10 a place rather than each one an interview I gave on Melbourne 11 The Flag Quiz (group) there. radio in 2015, I commented on Portland Flag Miscellany 12 how the country now flies three Next Meeting 12 The 1964 debate over a new flag for Canada struggled over how to flags officially: the national flag, represent Canadians of British and the Aboriginal flag, and the Torres www.portlandflag.org of French descent (among others). Strait Islanders flag (Australian Many proposals schools, councils, and cultural attempted to institutions typically show these flags in front of their buildings). represent both groups with Australians, with the best of inten- symbols such as tions, use three flags to represent the Union Jack and the fleur-de-lis. their country’s But the genius inhabitants. the Maple Leaf Instead of one Flag lies in how flag for each it represents group, I asserted that Australia everyone in Canada rather than each component group. needed one flag representing When designers represent multiple everyone. groups on a flag, it usually results in an overly-complex design. If flag designers would emulate Canada and sought a flag to For example, Montreal’s flag had represent everyone rather than The committee was inundated with flags—2,695 in all—extending... symbols representing the English, each one, the result would be from the conceivably acceptable to Scots, Irish, and French, then a simpler, less cluttered flags. the unbelievably appalling. — George Bain, "Canadian Flag" If you wish to compliment the editor, or to contribute in the future, contact Ted Kaye at 503-223-4660 or [email protected]. If you wish to complain, call your mother. 2 The Vexilloid Tabloid March 2020 Flutterings You Need to Know In our March meeting, hosted by Patrick Genna at his residence, a COVID-19-reduced group of 6 PFA members enjoyed nearly three hours of flags and conversation. After welcoming the participants, Patrick asked Ted Kaye to moder- ate the discussion. Max Liberman honored the 55th anniversary of the Maple Leaf Flag Patrick Genna shows his personal flag. of Canada, describing it as a flag Nathaniel Mainwaring describes flags representing everyone rather than used in video games. each one (see p. 1). Exploring games, featuring “Fallout New updates to the arms of Canada Vegas” and showing a “New Cali- (currently the arms of the queen of fornia Republic” flag with a two- Canada), he considered replacing headed bear (representing muta- the contents of the shield with a tion caused by radiation). He said simple triple-maple-leaf charge; “Overwatch” has the best flags. others suggested replacing the lion and unicorn supporters with Patrick Genna displayed his per- sonal flag—reflecting his natal a moose and a polar bear and Ted Kaye unfurls the new flag of replacing the lion in the crest with St. Louis—designed with the assis- Columbia, South Carolina. a beaver. tance of Max and manufactured with the assistance of Scott. He Ted Kaye circulated flag-image Nathaniel Mainwaring gave a short has posted it in “The International clippings of the past two months, presentation on flags in video Personal Flag Registry”—a Face- announced the printing of an up- book group with 180 members dated “Good” Flag, “Bad” Flag, and (see p. 9). He shared a pan-Celtic displayed suffrage flags and the flag designed in 1950 featuring a newly adopted flag of Columbia, double triskele. South Carolina (drawing boos). Max Liberman explores changes to the arms of Canada. Scott Mainwaring admires the double-triskele pan-Celtic flag of 1950. April 2020 Portland Flag Association 3 A table flag display flanks the updated “Good” Flag, “Bad” Flag. Scott Mainwaring shows a pin from Participants exchange flags and ideas. a fictitious “communist country” created by Brian McKinley’s Young Scott Mainwaring reported on his Leaders Program in Salem Our next meeting will be hosted (see VT #59). joining the group working on a by John Schilke on 14 May in the new flag for Salem. He led a community room of his residence discussion about whether there at Mary’s Wood in Lake Oswego. are real economic implications for Patrick will take the PFA flag to countries with “bad” flag designs, him, to display as the next host. using Belize as an example, supple- mented by Ted’s comments from his field report (see VT #75). David Koski ruminated on the constructed language “aUI”, the Language of Space (“a philosophi- cal language created in the 1950s to further intrapsychic harmony as well as interpersonal and intercul- tural understanding”). He won- dered how its symbols might be used on flags, and their interaction with the general proscription of Nathaniel Mainwaring eyes a mis- David Koski sketches symbols from writing in flag design. oriented star on this Chinese flag— the constructed language “aUI”. made in China. 4 The Vexilloid Tabloid Cincinnati Neighborhood Flags By Scott Mainwaring Leadership by community from a widespread recognition of activist Henry Frondorf. serious divides in the community The innovative 2019 CinciFlags (e.g., the riots following the killing project (cincyflags.com) concluded Support from local designers, of an unarmed black teenager by in December with an official flag who organized the process and police in 2001) and thus the im- for each of the 52 neighborhoods had creative control over the portance of improving civic life. of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is an final designs. impressive accomplishment, with NAVA member and artist Cristina Community engagement, not Victor participated in the project. generally high-quality and mean- just online but with visits and For more on the process, and an ingful designs with consistent style. workshops across the city with “stakeholder/citizens”. illustration of press coverage, What contributed to this success? see the article on portlandflag.org, We notice a number of factors: City events, the Neighborhood with a video from local television Summit and the Frondorf- station WCPO. Support from the city govern- founded Cincinnati Neighbor- ment, which funded the project hood Games, in which multiple Here are the 52 flags. Information with a $10,000 Engage Cincy neighborhoods participate and about their symbolism can be Challenge Grant (with private can find value in having a flag. found on FOTW.info and the matching funds for an overall CincyFlags website. budget of $20,000). Positive press coverage, perhaps April 2020 Portland Flag Association 5 6 The Vexilloid Tabloid Quarantine Flags “Quarantine” derives from the 14-century Italian quaranta giorni, the 40-day period of isolation imposed to control contagion. The current COVID-19 pandemic leads vexillologists to consider how flags have denoted quarantine, on land and at sea. We present a non- exhaustive sampler of such flags. A plain yellow flag (for Q) was used for centuries to signal quaran- tine, but in modern use it indicates the opposite, as a signal of a ship that declares itself free of quaranti- nable disease, and requests board- ing and inspection by Port State Control to allow the grant of “free pratique”. Baby boomers will remember the exciting scene in the 1960 Disney film Swiss Family Robinson when the father raises the “Quarantine” flag The traditional solid-yellow flag denoting quarantine. Less commonly, plain green and black flags were used. to drive off the pirates. However, (The Maritime Flags and Standards of All Nations according to the Internet Movie Together With a Geographical Sketch, 1856) Database, the movie incorrectly used the “India” signal flag, a black disk on a yellow field. The nautical signal flag “Quebec” (Q) The signal flag “Lima”, also called the was historically used to denote “Yellow Jack” when flown in harbor, quarantine but in modern now means “ship is under The signal flag “India” (I) incorrectly indicates the opposite—that a ship is quarantine”. (Wikipedia) used for “quarantine” in the 1960 film free of disease. (Wikipedia) Swiss Family Robinson. (IMDb.com) Continued on next page April 2020 Portland Flag Association 7 JAPAN (1913): A white flag with a 検 yellow border and a stylized kanji JAPAN (1955–1970): The traditional quarantine flag. (Ken) for keneki (quarantine) in black. Animal Quarantine ship ensign (National Geographic Magazine, (FOTW) adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture “Our Flag Number”, October 1917) & Forestry. (FOTW) “The yellow flag betokens infec- tions illness, and is displayed when there is cholera, yellow fever, or such like dangerous malady on board ship, and is also hoisted on quarantine stations.” The Flags of the World, F. Edward JAPAN (1921–1948). (FOTW) Hulme, 1897 JAPAN (from 1970): Animal Quarantine ship ensign adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry. (FOTW) JAPAN (1948–1954): The white flag TURKEY: A yellow flag with the with large yellow “Q” was used but national flag in the canton represents the white flag was hard to distinguish “Port Health Control”. (FOTW) at sea. (FOTW) JAPAN (from 1954): The current flag An OSHA-compliant “quarantine RUSSIA (pre-1865): The field divided of quarantine is a yellow over blue infective outbreak sign”, using the by a white Andrew’s cross amid yellow bicolor flag with a blue “Q” at the recognizable yellow and black, as and green triangles.
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