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NAVA 41: Hartford, Connecticut
Hilton Garden Inn, Glastonbury (Hartford)
October 12–14, 2007
Details and additional photos of NAVA 41 The NAVA 41 Flag: In the design by Dean Thomas of Downey, California, the three grape vines come from the state arms of Connecticut, and the blue and white colors recall the Connecticut state flag.  The “V” motif symbolizes vexillology.

Meeting flag description from Flag Research Quarterly 11: The Flags of NAVA

Organizing Committee: Peter Ansoff, Dev Cannon, and Ted Kaye

Significant Events:

  • Dr. Susan P. Schoelwer, the Connecticut Historical Society’s chief curator, spoke at the Saturday night dinner on the 1864 Treasury Guards regimental flag (U.S. colors) which decorated the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the night of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.  Donated to the society in 1922, the flag lay undisturbed and little-noticed for nearly seven decades.
  • The NAVA 41 flag was flown outside the hotel at half staff with the other displayed flags honoring a recently fallen Connecticut soldier.

The Featured Tour:

On Saturday the participants visited the Connecticut State Capitol’s Hall of Flags and the Connecticut Historical Society’s extensive collection.  At the Capitol, curator Gerry Caughman guided the NAVA visitors through the state’s outstanding collection of 171 Civil War battle flags.  At the Society, staff pulled out several dozen special flags and flag-related items from its holdings and conducted a “behind-the-scenes tour” with NAVA members providing expert consultation to museum staff on many of the items.

The Presentations:

  • The East India Company Flag in Philadelphia in 1754: An Unexpected Solution to a Historical Puzzle — Peter A. Ansoff, Virginia.
  • The Oregon State Flag — Carita M. Culmer, Oregon.
  • Flags in Context: A Discussion of Design, Genre, and Aesthetics — Perry Dane J.D., New Jersey.
  • The Flag of Americo, Kevin Harrington M.A.(T.) — Ontario.
  • American Indian Flags and the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial — Edward B. Kaye, Oregon.
  • The Ensignment of the Romani — Whitney Smith Ph.D., LF, FF, WSF, Massachusetts
  • Ensigns of New Zealand — Dean Thomas, California.
  • Unitarian Argentine Flags in the River Plate: 1830s–1850s — Gustavo Tracchia FF, New York.

Announced Awards and Honors:

  • Captain William Driver Award: Perry Dane J.D.

Fiscal Sponsors:

Driver Award : Advertising Flag Co., CRW Flags, Dixie Flag Mfg. Co., Elmer's Flag & Banner, The Flag Guys, The Flag Shop (BC), Gettysburg Flag Works, Herold Flags, Preservation Designs, Regal Flags, Six-Sided Simulations, TME Co.

Attendees: (45)

Peter Ansoff
Hugh Brady
Roberto Breno*
Al Cavalari
Dick Clark
Bernard Couture
Joanne Couture*
Jim Croft
Carita Culmer
Perry Dane
Martin A. Francis
Carl Gurtman
Kevin Harrington
Charles Helms
Hal Hichborn		 Marilyn Hichborn
Stéphane Jean
Bea Jones
Ted Kaye
Dick Libby
Jack Lowe
Dave Martucci
Janet Martucci*
Roy McGinnis
Henry Moeller
Rich Monahan
Tracy O'Brien
Matt O'Connor
Peter Orenski
David Ott		 John Purcell
Jon Radel
Gary Randall
Michel Simard
Randy Smith
Whitney Smith
Charles A. Spain, Jr.
Diane Di Tomasso
Gustavo Tracchia
Bill Trinkle
Peter Turek
Henry Van De Putte III
Pete Van De Putte
Gil Vegas
Robert Lloyd Wheelock

* companion
Flag image drawn by Clay Moss – Flag photo from Flag Research Quarterly 11: The Flags of NAVA