Talk:Flag of Maryland

message: So it being interpreted as it stated. A cross bottony is the same cross that is on the flag, it not Christian cross, nor will you, and i have never seen any cross but a cross bottony as the ornament on the flag pole. Also the cross on the top of the flag has nothing to do with religion, it has the same meaning as the cross on the flag, which is part of the coat of arms of the Crossland family, so their for it has a heraldic meaning nor a religious meaning. Say that is has any ramifications on the separation of church and state, is nothing but POV and opinion, so therefor i am removing it. --Boothy443 |  trácht ar 05:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Alrighty, the rest of the info is still good though, right?  I'm assuming so because you left it in?  --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 06:08, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah it's fine. --Boothy443 |  trácht ar 06:24, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Cross ornament on the flag pole

message: Southwest's Maryland One I'm not sure if it's appropriate to put this link on the article page, so i'll just put it here.  It's a Southwest Airlines planes they painted the Maryland flag on.  It looks really cool.  Only the maryland flag would look so good on a plane.  have you seen california one?  bleh. -Taco325i 03:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Maryland One

message: Isn't the flag of Washington DC also a banner of arms? Or is it not mentioned in the lead since Washington DC is not a state? 202.89.155.105 09:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banner of Arms 

message: Recent headlines have popped up on social media stating that the Maryland flag, specifically the Crossland heraldry portion, was used by secessionists during the Civil War. I came here to verify if that was true, and saw only the side image of the Crossland banner with a citation-less caption mentioning it's use by secessionists. I then noticed that a large portion of text describing it's use in the Civil War was removed a few edits ago for a lack of citations; should the side image, or at least it's caption, also be removed? Elead1 (talk) 15:49, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, I restored the deleted sections referencing the use of the Crossland arms by secessionists to the article—but now properly sourced. I think the information is relevant, and now that it's properly sourced in the article, there's no need to remove the accompanying image. But let me know if you disagree. acomas (talk) 17:03, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crossland banner and its relation to confederacy 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The paragraph about the Maryland Seal says "It is worth noting that pre-1876 the Maryland seal did not include the current Maryland flag on it." I would argue that this is very misleading.
The 1854 Maryland Seal, according to a page from the Maryland State Archives cited in this article, "depicted an eagle and a version of the Calvert arms." Wikipedia's own article about the Maryland seal also notes that the seal of 1854 included "a version of the original reverse," the reverse being the part with the pattern later adapted onto the flag. This document from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources shows what the 1854 Seal looked like; the quartering of the Calvert and Crossland colors is clearly recognizable, although the Calvert section is shown with five pales (vertical bars) instead of six.
To summarize, according to the State Archives, the Calvert Arms in some form were used on the seal from the founding of the Maryland Colony until 1692, then from 1715 to 1794, and finally from 1854 on, although from 1854 to 1878 it was slightly modified. To only say "that pre-1876 the Maryland seal did not include the current Maryland flag on it" is, in my opinion, a vast oversimplification. Given the association of the Crossland Colors with secessionists, it is important that the article is clear about the long history of this design in the state before the Civil War, and that the state was using a version of the current flag's design on its seal throughout the Civil War. Waterfire (talk) 12:51, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maryland Seal