OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE |
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 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:
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Other local displays of the Maryland flag
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St. Clement’s Island Maryland flags on the shore of the Potomac River in Colton Point, Maryland with St. Clement’s Island one-half mile offshore. St. Clement’s Island is known as the “Birthplace of Maryland” because it is the site of the first landing of Governor Leonard Calvert and the Maryland Colonists on March 25, 1634. St. Clement’s Island is a Maryland State park managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. |
Local Maryland National
Guard unit being deployed to Iraq.
This unit was deployed to Iraq May, 2005.
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Photographed by Pouya Dianat at Ft Irwin, CA.
"They are so proud of flying it wherever they are." |
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Maryland flag flying outside our command post in Camp Taji. |
