Andrew Jackson on horseback before a rising sun and the map of the county: the flag of Jacksonville was born in 1976, after the city and its county were merged.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio divided into two equal horizontal stripes.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
Every date in its story, at a glance.
The old flag, of 1914, had become outdated
In 1968 the city of Jacksonville and the county of Duval merged into a single government
Don Bozeman’s design won, adopted on 24 February 1976
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Jacksonville, in Florida, has two stripes. On top, Andrew Jackson on horseback before a rising sun; below, on orange, the map of Duval County. Jacksonville is named after Jackson, general and later President of the United States.
In 1968 the city of Jacksonville and the county of Duval merged into a single government. The old flag, of 1914, had become outdated, and the city called a competition to make a new one. Don Bozeman’s design won, adopted on 24 February 1976.
Jacksonville has had two flags.
1914-1976
The first flag, designed by Edmund Jackson, with a green ribbon carrying the name of the city. It lasted 62 years.
1976
The current flag, by Don Bozeman, for the new city-county.
Jackson on horseback
the statue of Andrew Jackson, which gives the city its name, and his history.
Rising sun
optimism at the future.
County map and San Juan river
the community that the united city and county form.
Orange
the colour of Florida, the ‘sunshine state’.
In a 2004 survey by the North American Vexillological Association on 150 United States city flags, it came 38th, with 5.03 points out of 10. It was marked down for having letters and for being complicated.
In that same survey only one Florida city scored better than Jacksonville.
Since 1968 Jacksonville and Duval County are almost the same government, which is why the map of the whole county takes up half the flag.
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