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- From: Tim@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Tim)
- Sender: FredGate@ocitor.fidonet
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!news.uta.edu!utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!ocitor!FredGate
- Newsgroups: rec.heraldry
- Subject: Re: Washington
- Message-ID: <727548678.F00001@ocitor.fidonet>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 08:11:33
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- JW> In a novel I'm reading, passing mention is given to the American
- JW> flag, whose elements [it says] are taken from those of George
- JW> Washington's armorial bearings. Is this true? What were
- JW> Washington's arms? (Not, I presume, Gules six bars and upon a
- JW> canton azure thirteen mullets argent.)
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- If I'm not mistaken, the Washington arms are argent two bars gules in
- chief three mullets azure (or perhaps two bars azure in chief three
- mullets gules).
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- JW> Which brings up another question I had. How do you blazon a
- JW> (large) number of charges -- like the mullets on that first U.S.
- JW> flag -- arranged in a circle?
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- "In annulo", and if you want to be strict "points outward".
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- Tadhg, Obelisk
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- * Origin: Herald's Point * Steppes/Ansteorra * 214-699-0057 (1:124/4229)
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