Re: Washington

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From: Tim
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 08:11

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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.)

 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).

 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?

 "In annulo", and if you want to be strict "points outward".

    Tadhg, Obelisk

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