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Heraldry in the United States was first established by European settlers who brought with them the heraldic customs of their respective countries of origin. As the use of coats of arms may be seen as a custom of royalty and nobility , it had been debated whether the use of arms is reconcilable with American republican traditions.
The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, also referenced as National Society Colonial Dames 17th Century, is an American lineage-based heraldry society and non-profit service organization for women who are directly descended from American colonists who lived in the Thirteen Colonies prior to 1701.
Royal Heraldry Society of Canada (1966– ) – it publishes a newsletter (Gonfanon) and two journals (Heraldry in Canada and Alta Studia Heraldica) and hosts an internet forum Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. United States of America. Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (1864)
Genealogy and Heraldry: Their Place and Practice in Changing Times [8] XXVI Bruges: 2004 6-11 September XXVII St Andrews: 2006 21-26 August The Princess Royal Myth and propaganda in heraldry and genealogy [9] XXVIII Quebec: 2008 23–27 June [10] Michaëlle Jean (Governor General of Canada) The Meeting of Two Worlds, Quest or Conquest [11] XXIX ...
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The origins of heraldry lie in the medieval need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts, whose faces were hidden by steel helmets. Vexillology (from the Latin vexillum , a flag or banner) is the scholarly study of flags , including the creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions ...
Carolina Herald was an English herald responsible for heraldry in Carolina in early and mid 18th Century colonial times. The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army, is the organization responsible for furnishing heraldic services to the President of the United States and all federal government agencies.
Several United States vice presidents have borne a coat of arms; largely through inheritance, assumption, or grants from foreign heraldic authorities. The vice president of the United States, as a position, uses the seal of the vice president of the United States as a coat of arms, but this is a coat of arms of office, not a personal coat of arms.