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Maryland Line, C.S.A.,
SCV Camp #1741 Coat of Arms

"A special Thank You to
John Sawyer for his design of
the Maryland Line Coat of Arms"

This reproduction of the emblem of the United Confederate Veterans, Maryland Division Unit Flag, pictured in Daniel D. Hartzler's book "Band of Brothers", was hand drawn and painted onto a flag by John Sawyer. The Maryland Line camp has adopted John's rendering for their camp flag.

 

Maryland Flag & Bottony Cross
The History of the Maryland Flag

The Maryland flag has been described as the perfect state flag--bold colors, interesting patterns, and correct heraldry--a flag that fairly shouts "Maryland." The design of the flag comes from the shield in the coat of arms of the Calvert family, the colonial proprietors of Maryland. George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, adopted a coat of arms that included a shield with alternating quadrants featuring the yellow-and-black colors of his paternal family and the red-and-white colors of his maternal family, the Crosslands. When the General Assembly in 1904 adopted a banner of this design as the state flag, a link was forged between modern-day Maryland and the very earliest chapter of the proprietorship of the Calvert family.

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|| This History from: Office of the Secretary of State of Maryland

© Copyright, February 5, 1996, Office of the Secretary of State & Maryland State Archives

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