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The current flag of Montgomery County, Maryland was adopted on October 5, 1976. It was designed by the College of Arms.〔 It is the county's second flag, replacing the first one, which was in use from May 3, 1944. It is commonly flown outside of the county's governmental facilities, such as fire stations. The flag is based on the coat of arms of the Montgomery family, a scion of which, Richard Montgomery, gave the county its name.〔 ==History== The flag is a banner of the arms granted to the county by England's College of Heralds. At the request of the Montgomery County Executive, it was officially adopted by the Montgomery County Council as the county flag by Bill 38-76 on October 5, 1976.〔 Bill 38-76 has since been designated as Section 1-402 of the Montgomery County Code. The fleur-de-lis in two quarters of the flag comes from the arms of the Montgomery family. The oldest known depiction of the Montgomery fleur-de-lis appears on the seal of John de Mundegumri, who lived in the late 12th century. It probably represented his French ancestry, as the family had originally come to Britain with William the Conqueror in the Norman Conquest. In 1368, the family's chief Sir John Montgomery married Elizabeth, the heiress of the Eglinton family, whose arms incorporated three rings.〔 Their descendants combined the Montgomery fleurs-de-lis with the Eglinton rings in one quartered shield.〔 The indented line which separates the upper and lower quarters of the flag represent the borders of local government.〔 The shades of red and blue are identical to those on the American flag, whereas the shade of gold is identical to that found on the Maryland state flag, denoted as PMS 124 on the Pantone Matching System scale.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flag of Montgomery County, Maryland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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