San Diego County

The flag of San Diego County is an uneven horizontal tricolor of red on top, white in the middle, and green on the bottom, possibly resembling the colors of the Mexican flag. Placed in the white stripe (the center) is the city’s colored seal.https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ca-se.html
== Symbolism ==
The tricolor is important because of the rich history of the San Diego city. It represents how the colony had been owned by the Spanish, handed over to Mexico, eventually giving the flag these colors to resemble the Mexican flag.https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/cob/docs/cacs/countyflag.pdf
== History ==
There was some confusion over the seal. Many citizens: did not understand what it was meant to represent. One citizen commented "this emblem which is to adorn the Civic Center... represents nothing in the Heavens above, nor the Earth beneath, but is an object of mirth to you men. Still since it is to cost the tax payers 1,000 bucks it is nothing to make merry over." [ W.J. Dougherety. Letter to the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County. February 20, 1938. Records of the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County.] Despite such complaints, the seal was officially adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1937, replacing an earlier seal that had been chosen in 1933. It adorned the northern entrance to the Civic Center until the city moved out in 1964, when it was also placed over the southern entrance."
The county flag was designed by Mrs. Estelle Secor, a former County employee in the Road Department. In 1956, a committee composed of Mr. John Davidson, county purchasing agent Mr. Verne Gehringer, and Director of Parks and Recreation Mr. Cletus Gardner, conducted a study for the design of an official flag for the County. Mr. Gardner wrote in a memo to the Board on February 14, 1957 that “One of the original reasons for this designing was to have an official county flag hanging in the Board Chambers.” The Board formally adopted a drawing of the flag on February 18, 1957.
In 1962, the Board instructed that the handcrafted official County flag, created by Mrs. Secor, be thoroughly cleaned and permanently encased in glass within the Board Chamber. The original County flag remains on display in the Board Chamber.
== References ==
Category:United States Counties
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