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:''For other presidents' standards, see Presidential Standard (disambiguation).'' The flag of the President of the United States consists of the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue background. While having the same design as the presidential seal since 1945, the flag has a separate history, and the designs on the flag and seal have at different times influenced each other. The flag is often displayed by the President in official photos, flown next to the coffin of the President in official funeral processions, and flown on the President's motorcade. The current flag is defined in : Attached to the order were illustrations of the seal and flag, and also a set of "specifications" for the flag, which defines more precise colors for the elements than does the blazon of the coat of arms:〔''The Eagle and the Shield'', p. 448〕 ==Early presidential flags== During the committee discussions which eventually led to the Flag Act of 1818, an additional flag was proposed which was to indicate the President's presence at places he visited. The design divided the flag into four quarters (like the British royal standard): the upper left was the white stars on a blue background (same as the national flag); the lower left had a Goddess of Liberty on a white background; the upper right had an eagle emblem on a white background, and the lower right had the thirteen red and white stripes. This flag was not seriously considered and was not adopted.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=President of the United States Information Sheet )〕 Samuel Chester Reid, who proposed this design, made a drawing of it years later which showed the eagle and Liberty in switched positions, and had the stars arranged in a larger star.〔 Reid was the person who at the time suggested the 13-stripes and stars-for-each-state design for the U.S. flag, and also proposed another government flag with the eagle in the canton instead of the stars (to distinguish government from merchant vessels) and a national cockade, neither of which were adopted. Reid's arrangement of the stars was however on the first 20-star flag made under the 1818 law, but the custom of using horizontal rows was soon adopted. Reid's sketches can be seen in this image.〕 It is possible that distinctive flags were occasionally used to represent the President on individual occasions; there are claims that a special flag was used during a trip by President Jackson to New York City in 1832, and a description of a "square, plain blue flag" used on a boat in the Brooklyn naval yard while transporting President Martin Van Buren on July 15, 1839. An 1848 British flag book by John William Norie, and also the 1853 ''The Illustrated London Geography'' by Joseph Guy, have similar illustrations of a flag labeled as being the U.S. president's flag.〔 Norie (who died in 1843) had published a similar book in 1842; this flag may have been copied from that work.〕 Neither book reveals any further information about this flag, and such a flag is not mentioned in the Army Institute of Heraldry's detailed page on presidential flags nor other books on the flag's history. The design is simply a version of the national coat of arms (i.e. the obverse of the Great Seal), which was a common motif for flags representing heads of state〔 and also the same basic concept used in the later presidential flag of the Navy. Both depictions also use an arc of clouds for the crest, a style which was later (and still is) used on the presidential seal. The 1848 book shows a 26-star U.S. flag, which was in use from 1837 to 1845 (the depicted presidential flag also has 26 stars). As the President is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, each service developed its own tradition of honoring the President, which eventually led each to design their own presidential flag. This did not happen until the late 19th century however, and the Navy at first used existing flags for their ceremonies. The first record in regulations to prescribe a flag for the President was the 1858 ''Signals for the Use of the United States Navy'', which specified that the union jack (the canton of the national flag by itself, i.e. blue with white stars for all the states) should be flown at the mainmast to signify the presence of the commander-in-chief. In 1863, this was changed to use the national flag instead, but in 1864 was reverted so that once again the jack was used. The Naval Regulations of April 18, 1865, switched back to use the national flag, specifying it should be flown both from the mainmast while the President is aboard a ship, and also on the bow of boats on which he embarks. The 1866 Naval Signal Code (possibly not in effect until 1867) changed back to use the union flag, and on December 31, 1869, the change was reverted yet again, with the national ensign being flown on a ship while the President was aboard. This practice continued until 1882.〔 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 the President of the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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