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![[Hanover, Pennsylvania Flag]](../images/u/us-pahan.gif)
image by David Sigley, 31 May 2023
based on photo
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The flag is a dark blue field with a yellow border. In the center is a white
keystone with a yellow outline, with a colored variant of the borough seal.
Photos of the flag:
https://www.hanoverboroughpa.gov/210/Hanover-Borough-Council
David
Sigley, 31 May 2023
As seen in
this article by The Evening Sun, it says that Hanover's flag was designed by
Miss Emily W. Ehrhart. The only possible differences from the version used today
by the council is that here in this article, a "gold seal of the borough" is
described. Plus the drawing on the newspaper is square, although this might just
be an artist's interpretation.
It does not say anywhere why these colors
were chosen, but I would assume that it is because blue and gold are considered
as the colors of Pennsylvania. White is probably just a background for the seal,
providing contrast. The keystone of course, is a symbol of the state.
The
flag seems to have been adopted on the evening of August 16, 1915 by the borough
council. This occurred for the borough's incorporation centennial year, being
created at the request of the centennial committee to its chairman's daughter.
Daniel Renterķa, 24 September 2023
![[Municipal Seal]](../images/u/us-pahan).gif)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 22 November 2019
The seal is made of a blue thick ring with the seal's name inscribed on it,
with the stat initials at the bottom. In the center of the seal is the lady of
Justice, with the phrase "Fiat Justitia" which is Latin for "Let justice be
done".
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo
Paul Bassinson, 31 May 2023
