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added, along with "1674" in white Arabic numerals located horizontally across the bottom of the border, and a thin black and orange border line around the entirety of the seal. The Cecil County flag, which features the seal as it was originally adopted in 1968, was not updated to reflect this change and remained as adopted in 1974. Similarly, nearby
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In 1974, to mark the 300th anniversary of the county's founding, Cecil County held a contest for a flag to be designed for the county as it lacked one at the time. The winning design designer was awarded $ 100 (equivalent to $ 618 today) and the county adopted her design as its official county flag.
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In addition, a thin black and orange border line shall surround the scene described above, surrounded by a crimson red border with "Cecil County" in white letters symmetrically located around the top of the border and '1674' in white located horizontally across the bottom of the border, and a thin
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On May 20, 2008, the 1968 seal was updated by Ord. No. 2008-01 to add more design elements. Namely, a thin black and orange border line was added around the existing seal, surrounded by a crimson red border with "Cecil County" in white letters symmetrically located around the top of the border was
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In the 1980s, the existence of the old 17th century seal was rediscovered. As a result, this led to confusion as to whether or not the county had two official simultaneous seals as the former was never formally repealed as its existence was not known of. Thus, in 1986, there was a brief push to
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The flag is bisected vertically into two sections of equal width. The sinister is white and the dexter is crimson, the latter of which is also the official color of the county. The flag's design incorporates elements of the post-1968 seal on the sinister field.
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replace the current seal with the 17th century seal after its existence and likeness were known again, but it ultimately did not succeed and the current seal was retained.
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instead as they felt the latter was more geographically accurate. Other residents opposed the adoption of the seal, feeling there was no pressing need to do so.
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