The upper left and lower right quarters shall consist of a gold fleur-de-lis on a blue background. The flag will be quartered by a crenelated line, separating the top two quarters from the two bottom quarters, and a straight vertical line, separating the left two quarters from the two right quarters. The following specifications are used to produce the County flag: The indented line which separates the upper quarters of the flag from the lower quarters of the flag represents the borders of a local government. The gold rings with blue gemstones in two quarters of the flag proclaim royal favor and protection and are found in the family coat of arms of General Montgomery's family. The gold fleur-de-lis in two quarters of the flag are reminders of the French ancestry of the Montgomery family. It is based on the shield of the official coat of arms of Montgomery County which was designed and approved by The College of Arms in London, England and officially adopted by Bill 38-76 (now Section 1-402 of the County Code) enacted by the County Council on Octoat the request of the County Executive. The flag uses some elements of the family arms of General Richard Montgomery for whom the County was named. Christensen and Steve Kramer, 6 September 1998 It was very nicely framed under glass and most likely still there. Many years ago when I happened to visit the office of the county executive I saw a highly decorative warrant from the Royal College of Arms in London granting the arms to the County. I remember the General being referred to as the first "hero" of the Revolution. also have counties named after the General.
Said to be based on the arms of General Richard Montgomery who was the first high ranking American officer to be killed in the American Revolution.
The first and fourth quarters contain a fleur-de-lys or the second and third, a ring or, presented with its stone to chief. In heraldic terms, Montgomery County's flag is quartered, azure and gules, and the fess-wise division is embattled (but not the vertical or pale-wise division). indicates it is reported that there is no known flag. Image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Pierre Gay, 11 October 2007 At the Republican National Convention, he implicitly endorsed an anti-gay GOP platform.This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Montgomery County, Maryland (U.S.) Trump has hinted at support for letting businesses and individuals discriminate against LGBT people, as blogger Andy Towle notes. (For the record, his opponent, Hillary Clinton, is far more specific about her support for LGBT people, frequently addresses LGBT groups, and marched in New York City’s Pride earlier this year.)īut while these symbols are important, they don’t make up for the other ways that Trump denigrates the dignity of LGBT people.įirst there’s his zeal for restricting LGBT rights-letting states ban transgender people from using the bathroom of their gender identity, opposing the 2015 Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, his promise to appoint judges to the Supreme Court who will reverse the ruling, or his choice of one of America’s most rabidly anti-gay politicians as his vice president. And he should be applauded for being the first GOP nominee to address LGBT people in his speeches. Certainly, Trump deserves credit for breaking symbolic barriers of associating himself with the LGBT flag.