From the August 2017 Vexilloid Tabloid #65 As the recent 4th-of-July-weekend Blues Festival began, Portlanders continued their tradition of protest, often using flags. At times that involved burning them. The right-wing group Patriot Prayer planned a two-hour “Freedom March” at Tom McCall Waterfront Park with “a small amount of speeches to promote freedom and courage”. … Continue reading Flag Burning in Portland
Our first newsletter of 2018 (Issue 68) features: Of Arms and Silks (David Ferriday) Flags in Ireland: A Field Report, Installment 1 (Ted Kaye) A New Flag for Coral Springs, Florida (Scott Mainwaring) Forthcoming Books (Scott Mainwaring) Sutherlin -- City of Flags (Michael Orelove) And, as always highlights from our last meeting, a roundup of… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #68
Travel into the future with our December newsletter available now here in November! Issue 67 features: A Theory of City SOB Flags (Ted Kaye) The Flag Fusions of Pedro Lasch (Scott Mainwaring) A New Flag for Burlington, Vermont (Ted Kaye) Travels with Flags (Michael Orelove) Oregon Flag Registry Update And, as always highlights from our… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #67
Here is the 66th edition of our club newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, founded in 1999 by the late, great John Hood. Our October 2017 edition features: When Cities Reject Their New Flags (Ted Kaye) 100 Days Action Resistance Flag (Cristina Victor) The Mt. Rushmore State (Michael Orelove) Vexiday: The Second World Vexillology Day in Portland… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #66
There are lots of features in our latest newsletter (Vexilloid Tabloid #65): Flag Burning in Portland (Ted Kaye) Kids' Flags from Room 25, Oak Knoll Elementary, Menlo Park (Bill Quarré) Chicago Flag Finds a New Home in Gresham (Michael Orelove) Reimagining the Royal and Vice-Regal Flags of the Commonwealth (Max Liberman) The OPEN Flag (Carl… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #65
Another edition of our colorful bimonthly newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, is here! It features: Capitols on Capital City Flags (Michael Orelove) Redesigning the Oregon Flag (Liam Dubay) Composable Alphabet Flags (Scott Mainwaring) Portland Police Bureau Flag (Ted Kaye) It also includes our regular sections: The What's That Flag? quiz A flag quote (see below) Roundup (news items) Flutterings (highlights from… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #64
The Portland Flag Association publishes its newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, every two months. In the latest issue you will find: Learning from Labrador (Scott Mainwaring) A Flag for Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand (John Moody) The Wavy Symbolism of Potamological Vexillology--in Puerto Rico (Carlos Alberto Morales Ramirez) An Enormous Romanian Flag Made of Light (Ted Kaye) Burgees of… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #63
Happy 2017! The first issue of the new year is here. Vexilloid Tabloid #62 features: The Origin of the PFA (Ted Kaye) Book Review: 50 Facts You May Not Know About the Confederate Flag (Ted Kaye) Alternative Flags for Earth Update on Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Proposed Flag Does the Deep Sea Need a Flag? (Carlos Alberto Morales Ramirez) William & Mary… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #62
Our December 2016 newsletter features: Whitney Smith, 1940-2016 Flag Change in Columbia, South Carolina (Ted Kaye) The Fleur-de-Lis: From Lys to Lis, or from Flower to Emblem (Patrice de La Condamine) Vexiday: The First World Vexillology Day (Scott Mainwaring) Michael Orelove's Burgees Make Port (Michael Orelove) And, as always, notes from our last meeting, a… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #61
The Vexilloid Tabloid is the newsletter of the Portland Flag Association.
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