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Jacksonville, Florida (U.S.)

by Michael Smuda, 21 February 2002

Description of the flag

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Description of the Flag

The flag is a rectangle, probably 2:3 divided horizontally white over red-orange (it's Florida, they have to use orange). The white band contains the rays of a rising sun in a golden yellow. Centered on the white and in front of the rays is a reddish brown horseman. Centered in the red-orange band is a golden yellow map of the city with the words "CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA" in golden yellow block letters arched under it.
Michael Smuda, 21 February 2001

The city's website confirms that the town was named after Andrew Jackson, who was (among other things) the first U.S. military governor of the Florida territory. I was in Jacksonville for a conference last summer and noticed the flag flying here and there. I can also add that the image on the flag mirrors a statue of Jackson near the downtown Jacksonville Landing shopping/entertainment area. This statue, in turn, looks a lot like (maybe is a copy of?) the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, I don't know the order in which ... statue was made/statue was copied/city seal was adopted/city flag was adopted.

Some sources:
http://www.kestan.com/travel/dc/monument/ (photo of DC statue)
http://www.coj.net (Jacksonville city website)
http://www.jacksonvillelanding.com (there may be an image of the statue