Archive of posts tagged "flag"

Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Flags at Stanley Park

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Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh flags raised permanently in Stanley Park at spapəy̓əq Pápiy̓eḵ Brockton Point on May 16, 2023

The Flag Shop in Vancouver

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Vexillologists rejoice! Long before Dr. Sheldon Cooper had Fun with Flags on the hit series, The Big Bang Theory, Susan Braverman’s mother, Doreen Braverman, founded The Flag Shop in Vancouver back in 1975. Susan, now the President of Textile Image and The Flag Shop, recently invited media to the leading manufacturer in Canada for flags […]

Vancouver Flag & Coat of Arms

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The history of Vancouver’s flag (and thus its coat of arms) was suggested by a reader the other day so I have dug up some research about our city’s icons. Coat of Arms Vancouver’s first Coat of Arms was drawn up by alderman Lauchlan Hamilton (as in Hamilton Street) and assumed in 1886. However, as […]