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Virginia Beach, Virginia (U.S.)

Independent City

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 June 2008

Description of the flag
Police Department

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Description of the flag

The NAVA image at www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/City%20Survey%202004/city_flag_photos/VirginiaBeach.jpg and shown in the American Flag Survey (2004) and American City Flags (Purcell, 2003) shows a ~2:3 light blue flag with the city seal centered on it (approx. diam. 14/27ths of the flag height). The seal shows a lighthouse on a seaside landscape background with a cross on the horizon. The edge of the seal is limited by ~40 leaping marlins and a white border is separated from the central image by a wreath of strawberry leaves and reads "City•of•Virginia•Beach•Virginia", from 3:30 to 8:30 o'clock, and, separated by small stars, "Landmarks of our Nation's beginning", in smaller type; both set in black serif capitals.

See official page about it at www.vbgov.com and another image of the seal at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Virginia_Beach_Seal.JPG.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 June 2008

I came across a photograph of a color guard carrying the Virginia Beach city flag in a parade. The photograph is from, I believe, 2012. Contrary to our current information, the city seal appears to take up almost the entire height of the flag, and not the 14/27 height mentioned previously. I don't know if this is an actual legal change to the depiction of the flag or simply a manufacturer's artistic license. The photograph can be found at www.vbgov.com/.../honorguard.jpg.
Randy Young, 9 June 2014

Police Department

image by Randy Young, 25 September 2014

The flag of the Virginia Beach Police Department features the department's shoulder patch centered on a blue field. Above the patch in yellow sans serif letters are the words "DEPARTMENT OF POLICE," while the words "TO PROTECT AND SERVE" appear below the patch in similar lettering. photos.vachiefs.org.

Randy Young, 18 September 2014