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image by Masao Okazaki, 25 May 2022
based on photo located by Valentin Poposki, 8 January 2011
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The flag of the City of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, is white with city seal on
it. You can see it here:
http://www.newsmyrnabeachmom.com/2010_03_01_archive.html more than a half
way down, or here: 2.bp.blogspot.com/_9_NHey0ghkA/S5MXNfPzywI/AAAAAAAAEIY/P6yFYr1vWeA/s1600-h/nsb+seal+flag.JPG
Valentin Poposki, 8 January 2011
image located by Paul Bassinson, 24 June 2019
Source:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/
Paul Bassinson, 24 June 2019
image by Masao Okazaki, 11 August 2021
This article is about this town's first official flag:
https://nextdoor.com/agency-post/fl/new-smyrna-beach/city-of-new-smyrna-beach/original-city-flag-to-be-displayed-in-new-commission-chambers-196634010/
According to this article, the flag was designed in 1934, officially
adopted in 1939, lost at some time, and rediscovered and restored in 2006. It is
shown in the Commission Chamber.
Masao Okazaki, 11 August 2021
The resolution adopting the flag as official was adopted on January 9, 1939.
It displays the city seal in green, white, and gold, centered on a purple field,
with gold bordering the top and bottom.. A strip of water with a dead tree
standing on one shore and a live tree on the other is also depicted. 1768 is
below the dead tree, 1887 being below the other. A key spans the water and the
date, June 6, is below it."NEW SMYRNA BEACH, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA" encircles
the seal.
Local historians in 1967 believed the dead tree and the date of
1768 to represent the Dr. Andrew Turnbull Colony, which was a royal English
agricultural venture which began in 1767 or 1768 but later failed. The live tree
probably represents later settlers from the time of the town's incorporation in
1887, when there were only 31 registered voters.
As for its colors, it
appears no specific meaning is known, but gold is believed to represent
Florida's sunshine, its oranges and wealth; the green for the year-round growing
season, white for truth, purity, and justice; purple for the royalty of the
first settlement or a combination of the indigo once grown there and the red of
the English.
There was a committee for the adoption of this city flag
headed by John S. Duss Jr., with other members being Mrs. S. J. Sweett, Mrs.
Cora Wilson, Norman Osborne, and Victor Hardy.
Source: the Daytona Beach
Morning Journal of December 24, 1967.
Daniel Rentería, 23 February
2024