The Flag of the Revolutionary City

Flags are great backdrops for frathouse selfies, but this Talk tells us that they’re the universal symbols of design, pride, and sentimentality.

            I am from Williamsburg Virginia. A city founded in 1632 and served as the capital of Virginia from 1699-1780. Its often-called The Revolutionary City due to the important roles it played in harboring supplies and troops throughout the Revolutionary War. Some of you may have heard of it in your history textbooks all through school. It is a city that is deep rooted in American history. Also within 10 minutes are Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement established in 1607, and Yorktown, the location where the final Revolutionary War battle took place and the English surrendered. So, with an area that essentially started American history, one would be safe in assuming that the City of Williamsburg flag has some aspect of the American Flag built into it.

 This is the current City of Williamsburg Flag. Design elements of the flag can be seen all over the city itself. Though certain design elements would be considered to be in violation of the design stencil set forth in the Ted Talk, such as the words and the complex building-type design, the flag has come a long way from the previous flag, which broke every flag rule known to man.

I think, going off of the blue, newer flag, that the design could be simplified even still.

This would be my proposed flag for Williamsburg. The design is simple yet sentimental and meaningful for all who look at it.

1)   The red, white, and blue are obviously paying homage to America. The city is so rooted in American history that one could not leave it out of the flag

2)   The 7 stripes on the flag are paying homage to the city itself. The city is a very religiously rooted city and the number 7 has a large meaning in many religions.

3)   The 13 stars represent the 13 colonies back in colonial America. Seeing as Virginia was the home of the first permanent colony, the star in the middle represents Virginia.

4)   The circular nature of the stars is paying homage to the revolutionary flag that had the stripes as the American flag does now but the stars were in a circle. Because Williamsburg is known as the Revolutionary City, it is important to recognize the Revolutionary War on the flag.