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Flag and seal of New Hampshire

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The size of the seal was increased to 1¾ inches, and comprised a pine tree and an upright fish, on each side of a bundle of five arrows. The design reflected the state's then two major economic resources, and the arrows symbolized the strength of unity among the then five counties. The seal bears the
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It is believed that the die used to affix the seal was designed during the summer of 1776. The first state seal was officially prescribed in an act passed September 12, 1776, two days after the resolution of statehood. The seal is still used by some members of the General Court, though there is no
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until 1784. While no official document prescribing the seal has been located, the first record of the seal is found on commissions issued to military officers by the Provincial Congress dated September 1, 1775. The last known use of the seal was on an act of the General Assembly on July 5, 1776.
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approved the committee's recommendations, later enacting a law codifying the official design of the state seal. The changes came into effect on January 1, 1932
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This seal continues to be published by the New Hampshire General Court on along with the modern seal, on the cover of copies of the State Constitution.
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means "A united force (is) stronger." The motto was meant to unify the counties and was never officially proclaimed, but was used during the
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became effective, the legislature revised the seal to depict a ship on stocks, with a rising sun in the background, to reflect
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on January 5, 1776. While both seals have been retained, most people are only familiar with the Great Seal due to its
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Laws of the State of New Hampshire - Passed January Session, 1931 - Legislature convened January 7, adjourned May 7
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It is currently the only U.S. state flag to feature a depiction of the Stars and Stripes flag (the state
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New Hampshire Public Acts and Joint Resolutions of the Legislature of 1931 and Special Session of 1930
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in 2018 to memorialize its collapse in 2003, but no official action has been taken on the proposal.
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began his second term, he named a committee to produce a seal devoid of controversy. The
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The law also declared that only a granite boulder could be shown in the foreground.
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WMUR: "State rep proposes changing New Hampshire state flag" 18 January 2018
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On July 1, 1774, the First Provincial Congress met for the first time in
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also included a depiction of the Stars and Stripes from 1903 to 2024).
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suggested replacing the state seal in the center of the flag with the
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proposed a bill that would have modified the flag to add the motto "
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ranked New Hampshire state flag's design as 63rd out of 72 flags of
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State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and other Symbols
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New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) 3:9 State Seal
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beneath the seal. The bill was rejected in February 2024.
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consists of the state seal centered on a blue background.
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in 1776, as one of the first 13 warships sponsored by the
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and is surrounded by a laurel wreath with nine stars. The
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Tim McGough's proposed flag for New Hampshire (2023).
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having become a major shipbuilding center during the
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Great Seal of the State of New Hampshire

Use
Civil
state flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
laurel wreath


Historical coat of arms
Armiger
U.S. state
New Hampshire
seals
Great Britain
corporate

frigate
USS Raleigh
Continental Congress
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, Maine
state constitution
Portsmouth
American Revolutionary War
New Hampshire Historical Society
Governor
Executive Council of New Hampshire

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