Queens, New York (U.S.)

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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 22 March 2002

• Flag Description
• Flag History
• Symbols of Queens County

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• Clickable map of New York City
• Tourism in Queens Flag Web Page
• New York
• United States

The flag of the Borough of Queens dates from 1913 and uses the colors of the arms of the first Dutch governour, and a tulip (recalling Dutch origin) within a ring of wampum.
Mark Sensen, 3 June 1998

The tulip symbolizes the Dutch, and the wampum symbolizes the Natives. Also, the tulip is crossed with a rose, which symbolizes the English.
Ferdinand Cesarano, 23 August 2002

Early in the year 1913, the Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens (QCBC) recommended to Borough President Maurice E. Connolly that it would be appropriate if an official Queens Flag were to be designed and adopted. Mr. Connolly agreed and assigned Rodman J. Pearson, a draftsman in the Bureau of Sewers, to prepare preliminary sketches, which were later submitted to the Board of Directors of the QCBC for approval.

A special committee consisting of Commissioner of Highways G. Howland Leavitt, Louis Windemuller and Charles G. Meyer was appointed to confer with E. Hageman Hall, president of the New York Historical Society and secretary of the American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society, for the purpose of authenticating the various elements of the design. At Mr. Hall's suggestion, several important changes were incorporated and finally on June 3, 1913, the revised sketch was adopted by the Board of Directors of the QCBC