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NAVA 42: Austin, Texas
Texas State Capitol
October 10–12, 2008
Additional details and photos of NAVA 42: The NAVA 42 Flag:  The organizing committee selected a historical design originally drawn in 1839 by Peter Krag.  The NAVA 42 flag is a rectangular variant of the Texas revenue service flag, a square naval auxiliary flag authorized by the 1839 act that established the Lone Star Flag as the national flag of the Republic of Texas.  Krag drew the official art for both the Lone Star Flag and the auxiliary naval flags.  The design is especially appropriate as NAVA 42 celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Lone Star Flag’s re-adoption in 1933. 

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

Organizing Committee: Hugh L. Brady, James T. Liston, Harry W. Oswald, Charles A. Spain, and H. P. (Pete) Van de Putte, Jr.

Significant Events:

  • This was the first time the full FIAV Board attended a NAVA annual meeting outside of an International Congress of Vexillology.
  • The governor of Texas recognized Whitney Smith as an Honorary Texan and Michel Lupant as an Honored Friend.
  • At this annual meeting the practice began of acknowledging in the annual meeting program the flag manufacturers and the specific types of annual meeting flags they manufactured.

The Featured Tours:

On Friday evening Hugh Brady took the group on a guided tour of the Texas State Capitol Building highlighting the history, art, and politics of the building which included the original San Jacinto Battle Flag in the Senate chamber.  The attendees visited the Center for American History at the University of Texas on Saturday, viewing a dozen outstanding flags pulled from its extensive collections by staffers Lynn Bell and Helen Graves, and helping to resolve mysteries in their provenance or identification.  Another stop on the tour took in the Austin History Center to see the original 1919 Austin City Flag on display.
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The Presentations:

  • Backward in the Dark: Some Observations on U.S. Flag Etiquette — Peter A. Ansoff, Virginia.
  • County Flags: Developments in British Vexillology — Graham M. P. Bartram FFI, United Kingdom.
  • History of the First Republic of Texas Flag — Thomas Bruce Green III, Texas.
  • The Saga of the (John) Shaw Flag — Richardson A. Libby, Maryland.
  • Flags over Sikkim — Michel R. Lupant, Belgium.
  • Lions and Babrs and Bears: Analyzing the Flags of Russia’s Federal Subjects — Anne M. Platoff M.S., M.A., California.
  • What Is Vexillology? — Whitney Smith Ph.D., LF, FF, WSF, Massachusetts.
  • Ensigns of New Zealand — Dean Thomas, California.
  • Two Years into a Vexillological Adventure: The Bear Flag Museum — William J. Trinkle J.D., California.

Announced Awards and Honors:

  • Captain William Driver Award: Anne M. Platoff M.S., M.A.

Fiscal Sponsors:

Driver Award: Bear Flag Museum, CRW Flags, Dixie Flag Mfg. Co., The Flag Guys, The Flag Shop (BC), Herold Flags, Jeff Bridgman American Antiques, Preservation Designs, Regal Flags, Six-Sided Simulations, TME Co., Vexman Consulting.

NAVA 42 Group Photo:
NAVA 42 2008 Group

Attendees: (55)

Neil Abelsma
John Adcock*
Peter Ansoff
Carlos Arias*
Graham Bartram (United Kingdom)
Christopher Bedwell
Andy Biles
Hugh Brady
David Breitenbach
Al Cavalari
Joseph Clark
Mary Ann Docktor-Smith
Joe Donovan*
Tom Edwards
Brian J. Erickson
Tom Green
Scot Guenter
Zach Harden		 Bea Jones
Debbie Kaye*
Ted Kaye
Patricia Keim*
Pete Keim
John W. Knox
Ski Laskowsi
Dick Libby
James Liston
Jack Lowe
Michel Lupant (Belgium)
Christopher Maddish
Kathy Marcello
Roy McGinnis
Rich Monahan
Dennis Moore
Janie Moore*
Stan Mottaz		 Kevin Murray
David Ott
Annie Platoff
Michael Platoff*
John Purcell
Jon Radel
K. Sanjeeva Rao (India)
James Ritchie
Randy Smith
Whitney Smith
Larry Soucier*
Kin Spain
Gus Tracchia
Bill Trinkle
Peter Turek
Leticia Van de Putte*
Pete Van de Putte
Vanessa Van de Putte
Gil Vegas
* companion

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