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Concord, New Hampshire

by Dave Martucci, 7 May 2002

As used in the City Chambers. See also reverse.

Description

See also:

New Hampshire
United States of America
Dave Martucci's page describing his unraveling of the story of the flags of Concord

Description

Section 1-2-3 of the Concord City Code reads:

City Flag.

The date of adoption given in the Code is 10 December 1979. Unfortunately, no illustration is provided with the online code.

In case you're counting, that makes two flags, one with the inscription and one without. Both are official.

Dave Martucci, 7 May 2002

City flag according to City Code

With text

by Dave Martucci, 7 May 2002

Without Text

by Dave Martucci, 7 May 2002

City flag actually used in City Chambers

by Dave Martucci, 7 May 2002

The flag used in the City Chambers differs from the flag officially described, having only one blue bar. The reverse of this flag retains the arrangement of the stagecoach, so is not a mirror image:

by Dave Martucci, 7 May 2002

The Reconstruction of Concord's Flag History

Based on the above incomplete research, I have arranged the flags of Concord in the order I believe they should be in chronologically. More research, as noted, needs to be done to verify these designs and dates.

City Flag prior to 1950 (de facto)

by Dave Martucci

This flag was located in the auditorium of the Public Library. This flag is made of a synthetic fabric, probably Nylon, three vertical stripes of white-blue-white, with the City Seal appliquéd and embroidered in the center, with a dove holding a red scroll inscribed "NEW HAMPSHIRE" in gold over the top and the words "CITY OF" in gold on the hoist stripe and "CONCORD" in gold on the fly stripe. The flag is in pretty poor condition and my examinatio