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Painfully aware of the lack of a seal or flag in 1960, the Board of Freeholders sponsored a contest to develop ideas for designs for those emblems. After the winning designs had been established by a special committee of the Gloucester County Historical Society, the committee consulted with authorities on heraldry, expert designers and officials of Gloucestershire, England, from which area this county took its name. | |||
The helmet, representing sovereignty, borrows an element from the state flag, which includes one in gold. Choosing silver illustrates the county’s position relative to the state. | |||
The red St. George Cross is one of the principal symbols in the coat of arms of the Duke of Gloucester — that section of England from which the county took its name. It establishes the relationship between the counties in Gloucester in New Jersey and England and represents morality. | |||
Beneath the triangle, enclosing the cross, the anvil represents labor and industry, and a shock of wheat or corn represents prosperity and agriculture. | |||
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Revision as of 11:35, 12 September 2021
GLOUCESTER COUNTY (NEW JERSEY)
State : New Jersey
Origin/meaning
Painfully aware of the lack of a seal or flag in 1960, the Board of Freeholders sponsored a contest to develop ideas for designs for those emblems. After the winning designs had been established by a special committee of the Gloucester County Historical Society, the committee consulted with authorities on heraldry, expert designers and officials of Gloucestershire, England, from which area this county took its name.
The helmet, representing sovereignty, borrows an element from the state flag, which includes one in gold. Choosing silver illustrates the county’s position relative to the state.
The red St. George Cross is one of the principal symbols in the coat of arms of the Duke of Gloucester — that section of England from which the county took its name. It establishes the relationship between the counties in Gloucester in New Jersey and England and represents morality.
Beneath the triangle, enclosing the cross, the anvil represents labor and industry, and a shock of wheat or corn represents prosperity and agriculture.
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