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City of New York. Adopted. April 6, 1915. (modified December 30, 1977) Design. A vertical tricolor of blue, white, and orange with a modified blue version of the Seal of New York City in the center. The flags of New York City include the flag of New York City, the respective flags of the boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and ...
British monarchy, for the 13 Colonies, prior to the American Revolution, the Great Lakes Region, the Southeastern States, and the Pacific Northwest; Dutch monarchy, for the Colony of New Netherlands (New York State / New Jersey / Connecticut / Vermont)
Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
Monarchism in the United States. Monarchism in the United States is the advocacy of a monarchical form of government in the United States of America. During the American Revolution a significant element of the population remained loyal to the British crown. However, aside from a few considerations in the 1780s, since independence there has not ...
Haakon County, South Dakota - King Haakon VII of Norway. Hanover County, Virginia - George I, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover. Henrico County, Virginia - Henry, Prince of Wales. Isabella County, Michigan - Queen Isabella I of Spain. James City County, Virginia - James I of England.
Color Association of the United States (Formerly Textile Color Card Association of New York, Inc.): Blue: Yale Blue, cable number 70086, Standard Color Card of America, 9th edition. Gold: Golden Yellow, cable number 65001, United States Army Card of Official Colors for Arms and Services. ISCC–NBS system: Yale Blue: Deep purplish blue.
The New York City borough of Queens was authorized on May 4, 1897, by a vote of the New York State Legislature after an 1894 referendum on consolidation. [42] The eastern 280 square miles (730 km 2) of Queens that became Nassau County was partitioned on January 1, 1899. [43] Queens Borough was established on January 1, 1898. [44] [45] [46]
This is a list of symbols of the state of New York in the United States. The majority of the state symbols are officially listed in the New York Consolidated Laws in Article 6, Sections 70 through 87. [ 1] The symbols are recognized by these laws and were signed into law by the governor of New York. The oldest symbols, the state flag and the ...