Flag of Washington, D.C.

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The flag of the District of Columbia is the official flag representing the district. Consisting of three red stars above two red bars on a white background, it is an armorial banner based on the coat of arms of Lawrence Washington (George Washington's 3rd great-grandfather) of Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England, in 1592. This coat of arms was used privately by the president in his home at Mount Vernon. In heraldry, the stars are called mullets and the coat of arms is blazoned as argent two bars gules, in chief three mullets of the second. In 1938, the District Flag Commission was created by an Act of Congress "to procure a design for a distinctive flag for the District of Columbia". The District Flag Commission was composed of three non-elected federally-appointed members: the president of the Board of Commissioners, the secretary of war and the secretary of the Navy. The flag was selected by the commission with the help of the Commission of Fine Arts. Since no local group was involved...

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