John P. McDonough, Secretary of State
The Maryland State Flag
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The Office of the Secretary
of State now has for sale Maryland State flags that have flown over the
Capital. To purchase a State flag, please fill out the request form above and
mail back to:
Office of the Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401 |
Proper display of the Maryland State Flag
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 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.
For printers: The red and yellow colors in the Maryland flag should conform to
the
following Pantone Marking System colors:
- red on coated stock-PMS 201
- red on uncoated stock-PMS 193
- yellow on coated stock-PMS 124
- yellow on uncoated stock-PMS 124
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