Delaware (U.S.)

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• Legal Description
• State Seal
• Governor's flag
• Colors of the flag

See also:

• Dover
• Kent County
• Lewes
• Sussex County
• Delaware Facts Web Page
• Swedes at Ft. Christina
• United States of America
• States of the United States
• U.S. Continental Army's uniforms

One of the original 13 colonies, Delaware is represented by a star and a stripe on the 13 star U.S. flags.

Legal Description

Delaware Code
Section 306. State flag. The design of the official state flag shall be as follows: A background of colonial blue surrounding a diamond of buff in which diamond is placed the correct coat of arms of the State in the colors prescribed by law and in accordance with section 301 of this title, with the words, "December 7, 1787," to be inscribed underneath the diamond. The official state colors, colonial blue and buff, are designated by the Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., New York, as "arno blue" Cable No. 10663, and "golden beige" Cable No. 10781 respectively; the color shades having been determined by Colorimetric Specifications of the National Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Commerce, in Test No. 2, 1/140565, dated November 18, 1954, which is on file with the Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware. The colors of the coat of arms and other elements of the state flag shall be the following: Husba