North American Vexillological Association - Annual Meetings and Meeting Flags

Annual Meetings and Meeting Flags

Since 1967, the association has held annual meetings across the United States and Canada for all those interested in flags to present and discuss research and to honor vexillological achievement. Since 1977, it has marked each of these occasions with a distinctive meeting flag.

Name Location & Dates Meeting Flag Designer(s) Meeting Flag Description
NAVA 0 Boston, Massachusetts,
June 3, 1967		 none n/a The flag of "The Flag Institute" was used for this meeting
NAVA 1 Purchase, New York,
November 18, 1967		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 2 Chillum, Maryland,
October 12, 1968 –
October 13, 1968		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 3 Boston, Massachusetts,
September 6, 1969 –
September 7, 1969		 none n/a Was the site for ICV 3, so their meeting flag was used.
NAVA 4 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
October 10, 1970 –
October 11, 1970		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 5 Ottawa, Ontario,
October 23, 1971 –
October 24, 1971		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 6 Chicago, Illinois,
October 28, 1972–
October 29, 1972		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 7 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
November 2, 1973–
November 4, 1973		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 8 Baltimore, Maryland,
October 12, 1974–
October 14, 1974		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 9 Cleveland, Ohio,
October 12, 1975–
October 14, 1975		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 10 Toronto, Ontario,
October 8, 1976–
October 10, 1976		 none n/a n/a
NAVA 11 Washington, D.C.,
June 10, 1977–
June 14, 1977		 Steve Stringfellow The flag shows the NAVA colors (blue, red, and white) in an emblem resembling a lowercase N, the 77 in 1977, and the number 11.
NAVA 12 Montgomery, Alabama,
October 7, 1978–
October 9, 1978		 Charles Brannon
NAVA 13 Salem, Massachusetts,
October 5, 1979–
October 8, 1979		 Alfred Znamierowski A field of 13 alternating red and black horizontal stripes on which is centered a witch riding a broomstick. Refers to the host city's famous witchcraft trials, and to triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number 13.
NAVA 14 St. Louis, Missouri,
October 3, 1980–
October 6, 1980		 Dorothy Clayborne The flag is the NAVA flag defaced in the bottom center by a blue fleur-de-lis within a yellow circle, a reference to the host city's flag.
NAVA 15 Ottawa, Ontario,
August 24, 1981–
August 27, 1981		 Whitney Smith The flag shows an upright chevron, similar to the NAVA chevron, but in Canadian colors (red and white). Within the chevron is the maple leaf from the Canadian flag.
NAVA 16 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
October 8, 1982–
October 10, 1982		 Alfred Znamierowski A yellow pennant with a double circle of 16 stars on a field of black; black and yellow are Pittsburgh's colors.
NAVA 17 New York City, New York,
October 14, 1983–
October 16, 1983		 Phil Allen The flag features New York City's colors (blue, orange, and white) and an apple representing the city's nickname, The Big Apple. Within the apple is hidden the number 17 reminiscent of the cutout tokens used by the New York City Transit Authority in the mid-20th century.
NAVA 18 Vancouver, British Columbia,
October 5, 1984–
October 7, 1984		 Ralph Holberg The flag is a mixture of elements from the Vancouver flag and NAVA flag. The crossed axe and gavel in the green pentagon are taken from the Vancouver flag and form an "X" for the Roman numeral 10. The chevron forms a "V" for the Roman numeral 5 and the wavy bars are the Roman numeral "3" to denote the 18th meeting.
NAVA 19 Kansas City, Missouri,
October 11, 1985–
October 13, 1985		 Ralph Holberg The flag depicts the "heart" logo of the former Kansas City's former flag using the colors of the Kansas City and NAVA flags. Contained within Kansas City logo is the Roman numeral 19.
NAVA 20 Trenton, New Jersey,
October 10, 1986–
October 12, 1986		 Jim Ferrigan The meeting flag incorporates Vs for "Vexillology" that form XX (Roman numeral 20), with the NAVA flag in the canton. The blue and gold reference the municipal flag of Trenton.
NAVA 21 San Francisco, California,
October 12, 1987–
October 16, 1987		 James Croft, Jim Ferrigan, and Whitney Smith The flag shows the phoenix and Mural crown that appear on the San Francisco flag. The background resembles the NAVA flag. This meeting was also the ICV 12 meeting.
NAVA 22 Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
October 7, 1988–
October 9, 1988		 Ralph Holberg The flag depics white yacht sails on a light blue background. Flying from the mast is a stylization of the NAVA flag as a pennant above the International maritime signal flags for the letters P, N, and H for Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
NAVA 23 Dallas, Texas,
October 20, 1989–
October 22, 1989		 John Purcell The meeting flag colors are those of the United States, Texas, Dallas, and NAVA. The star appears on both the Texas and Dallas flags and rests on the division with two points in the blue field and three in the red indicating the twenty-third meeting.
NAVA 24 Toronto, Ontario,
October 5, 1990–
October 7, 1990		 Sandra Armstrong The flag includes the colors of NAVA and Toronto. The Trillium is used as the official symbol of Ontario.
NAVA 25 Minneapolis, Minnesota,
October 11, 1991;
October 13, 1991		 Kevin Harrington The flag shows blue and white, the Minneapolis colors, and is in the famous NAVA chevron shape. The yellow star in the center of the flag represents Minnesota framed by a red ribbon that forms the number 25.
NAVA 26 San Antonio, Texas,
October 9, 1992–
October 11, 1992		 John H. Gámez The NAVA chevron appears in red on the meeting flag, with five white stars. The number of the points on all of the stars is 26. A silhouette of the Alamo is located in the background.
NAVA 27 Portland, Maine,
October 8, 1993–
October 11, 1993		 John R. B. Szala The flag shows the NAVA colors. The eight-point blue star has an elongated arm pointing to the east, indicating Maine's position as the easternmost of the contiguous states and the white pine tree is a symbol of the state.
NAVA 28 Portland, Oregon,
October 8, 1994–
October 10, 1994		 Donald T. Healy The flag shows the yellow beaver on the blue background, such as on the back of the Oregon flag. The NAVA chevron is depicted in the Portland flag's colors, blue, white, and green.
NAVA 29 Covington, Kentucky,
October 6, 1995–
October 8, 1995		 Secundino Fernandez The NAVA chevron appears in red with the letter C above. Both the waving blue lines and C appear on the flag of Cincinnati, the principal city of the region where the convention was held.
NAVA 30 Sacramento, California,
October 11, 1996–
October 13, 1996		 Richard A. Kenny and James J. Ferrigan III The flag is divided in half horizontally. The top half is white with the California bear and star in red taken from the California flag. The lower half is red with the Roman numeral 30 in yellow with a blue shadow appears on the flag.
NAVA 31 Chicago, Illinois,
October 10, 1997–
October 12, 1997		 John M. Purcell The flag is the Chicago flag design bent in the shape of the NAVA chevron. The stars are grouped 3-1 to denote the thirty-first meeting.
NAVA 32 Québec City, Québec,
October 9, 1998–
October 12, 1998		 Jim Croft The flag shows the fleur-de-lis that appears on the Québec flag. The NAVA chevron appears as a crenellated line, which appears as a border of the Québec City flag and represents the walls of the old city.
NAVA 33 Victoria, British Columbia,
July 28, 1999–
August 2, 1999		 Truman G. Pope The flag shows a red, white, and blue NAVA chevron dividing the field. The area outside the chevron is dark blue with yellow waves, similar to the ones on the British Columbia flag. The field inside the chevron is divided in half vertically and colored red and white. On the field is a counterchanged maple leaf.
NAVA 34 East Lansing, Michigan,
October 6, 2000–
October 8, 2000		 John M. Purcell The flag shows a large letter M in the United States colors for Michigan. The letter is actually one "M" in red and another in white, denoting the Roman Numberal 2000, the year of the meeting. Hidden in the middle of the M is the NAVA chevron. The background of the flag is blue, like the Michigan flag.
NAVA 35 Norfolk, Virginia,
October 5, 2001–
October 7, 2001		 Secundino Fernandez The V in Virginia and the NAVA chevron are put into one, and are located in the canton area of the flag. The background is blue, like the Virginia flag, and the flag incorporates elements of the flag of Hampton Roads.
NAVA 36 Aurora, Colorado,
August 30, 2002 –
September 1, 2002		 Secundino Fernandez and David Martucci The flag resembles the Denver flag, with enhancements to make the bottom part of the flag to look like the NAVA flag.
NAVA 37 Montréal, Québec,
October 10, 2003 –
October 12, 2003		 Morgan Milner The flag has a cross, like the Montréal flag and the Québec flag. In the canton, the NAVA flag appears with a white fleur-de-lis in the chevron area, such as the ones on the Montréal flag and Québec flag.
NAVA 38 Indianapolis, Indiana,
October 8, 2004 –
October 10, 2004		 Jim Croft The flag shows the NAVA chevron on a background of black and white checks, representing the checkered flag used in auto racing, representing the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Within the chevron, a black-and-white version of the Indianapolis flag appears.
NAVA 39 Nashville, Tennessee,
October 7, 2005 –
October 9, 2005		 James W. Ritchie The flag shows the NAVA chevron appearing as the blue bar on the right of the Tennessee flag. The circle and stars of the Tennessee flag appear within the chevron.
NAVA 40 Reno, Nevada,
October 13, 2006 –
October 15, 2006		 Sophie Rault The proportions of the flag are 5:8, it is swallow-tailed (as for NAVA 20 and NAVA 30). The blue field, the silver star in the canton and the golden-yellow stripe recall the Nevada State Flag. The three blue-white-red stripes resemble the NAVA flag and the four stripes together celebrate 40 years of NAVA. The stripes are V-shaped for Vexillology.
NAVA 41 Glastonbury, Connecticut,
October 12, 2007 –
October 14, 2007		 Dean Thomas The three grape vines are from the state arms of Connecticut, and the blue and white colors recall the Connecticut state flag. The "V" motif symbolizes vexillology. The proportions are 3:5.
NAVA 42 Austin, Texas,
October 10, 2008 –
October 12, 2008		 Peter Krag (1839) Rectangle variant of the Texas revenue service flag, originally adopted in 1839.
NAVA 43 Charleston, South Carolina,
October 9, 2009 –
October 11, 2009		 John Purcell, Charles Spain, Ron Strachan, and Hugh Brady A purple crescent (for Charleston and Charles II) on a golden "sun in splendor" on a purple field, in 3:5 proportion. The "valleys" between the sun's rays are meant to evoke "v" for vexillology.
NAVA 44 Los Angeles, California,
October 8, 2010 –
October 10, 2010		 William M. Belanich, Jr. The three colors of the flag of Los Angeles (Green, Yellow and Red) with the "44" in yellow located in the green field of the flag. The numerals also resemble a stylized angel representing Los Angeles. The red and green fields are separated by a yellow zig-zag containing the "v" for Vexillology.
NAVA 45 Washington, DC,
August 1, 2011 –
August 5, 2011		 100px Peggy Rose The ICV 24 Congress flag was used.
NAVA 46 Columbus, Ohio,
October 5, 2012 –
October 7, 2012		 William Belanich, Jr. The flag resembles a "slice" of the hoist of the Ohio flag. The white arc on a blue and red field is part of the "O" for Ohio on the state flag and also is a "C" for host city of Columbus. It is also a stylized chevron representing vexillology.

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