Hall of Flags
Religious and Cultural Heritage of Delaware
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
UNITED STATES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DELAWARE
STATE OF DELAWARE
SCOTLAND
KENT COUNTY
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
SWEDEN
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREGIN PARTS
NETHERLANDS
ST. PETER THE APOSTLE
GREAT BRITAIN
Red cross on a white field is the cross of St. George, showing our link to the Church of England; miniature crosses in the blue background symbolize the nine original American dioceses that met in 1789 and adopted the first constitution; outline of the miniature crosses is in the form of the cross of St. Andrew in tribute to the Scottish Church’s role in ordaining the first American bishop in 1784.
Dedicated to the Glory of God
Given by the Women of St. Peter’s
Dedicated in memory of Malcolm P. Jarrell
Dedicated in memory of Caroline Elizabeth Cloak Peterson Speakman
Dedicated in memory of Frank Burrows
White X-shaped cross, which represents the cross of the patron saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew, on a blue sky.
Dedicated in memory of Evelyn M. Webb
Red cross of St. George on white field.
Yellow or gold Nordic Cross (i.e. an asymmetrical horizontal cross, with the crossbar closer to the hoist than the fly, with the cross extending to the edge of the flag) on a blue field. The Nordic Cross design traditionally represents Christianity.
Seal of the “Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts” (founded in 1701) on a green field.
Horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue stripes.
Symbols attributed to St. Peter of upside cross and keys of heaven pointing upward on a blue field (the color for apostles). Tradition says that Peter was crucified upside down as he didn’t feel worthy to die the same way as his Lord.
