Bill.N. Wrote:
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> The county's flag follows the same vexillological
> trends that Virginia's state flag uses, which are
> similar to those of a number of U.S. state
> flags...in other words boring. Virginia can be
> excused. They didn't really have a state flag
> until they found they needed one in 1861 so they
> just slapped the state seal on a blue flag. A
> better choice for Fairfax County would be to
> convert the Fairfax family coat of arms to a flag,
> much as the District did with George Washington's
> coat of arms or Maryland did with the Calvert
> arms.
>
> BTW Half staff, if we were to use the Confederate
> battle flag, a more appropriate version would be
> the square one used by Lee's Army of Northern
> Virginia.
Like this? Minus the wear and tear of course.