Fernandina Beach, Florida (U.S.)

Nassau County

Last modified: 2023-12-16 by rick wyatt
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image by Masao Okazaki, 5 November 2023

• Description of the flag
• Seal
• Previous flag
• Police Department

See also:

• Nassau County
• County and Municipal flags of Florida
• Florida
• United States of America

Description of the Flag

The flag of the City of Fernandina Beach, Florida, is white with city logo on it. The logo shows a lighthouse and 8 flags on a  yellow background. Around it is blue circle with "CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH/FLORIDA" in yellow letters. The flags are representing different period of the city history - French flag, Spanish flag, British flag, Spanish flag, Patriot flag, Green Cross of Florida flag, Mexican Rebel flag, Confederate flag, United States flag. Information and image of the logo thanks to Mary L. Mercer, City Clerk.

About the city:
"Fernandina Beach is a city in Nassau County in the state of Florida in the United States of America and on Amelia Island. The area was first inhabited by the Timucuan Indian tribe. Known as the "Isle of 8 Flags", it had the following flags flown over it since 1562: France, Spain, Great Britain, Spain (again), the Patriots of Amelia Island, the Green Cross of Florida, Mexico, the Confederate States of America, and the United States. It is the only municipality in the United States that has flown eight different national flags. As of 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the City's population to be 12,076. It is the county seat of Nassau County." - from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernandina_Beach,_Florida.

Official website: www.fbfl.us.
Valentin Poposki, 31 January 2010

A photo of the flag can be seen in this 2016 article from the Fernandina Observer: https://fernandinaobserver.com/general/oops-wrong-spanish-flag-on-city-logo/
Photo: https://fernandinaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DSCN6442-768x576.jpg
Masao Okazaki, 5 November 2023

The flags mentioned are:

• on the left (dexter=hoist), from the top, anticlockwise:
  • U.S., seemingly the 48-star version
  • United Kingdom (1606-1801 version)
  • Spain (1506-1785)
  • "Banner of France Modern"
• on the right (sinister=fly), from the top, clockwise:
  • Gregor MacGregor Flag (1817)
  • white-blue-white horizontal at the hoist and blue-white-blue at the fly, red edging (?)
  • C.S.A. (First National Flag = Stars and Bars)
  • Florida Patriots Flag (1812)

Seal

image by Masao Okazaki, 5 November 2023

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/

Larger version: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Fernandina_Beach%2C_Florida.png

Previous flag

image by Masao Okazaki, 5 November 2023

The city seal and the flag it appeared on were revised after the city commission was told in 2016 that the seal showed the incorrect "Castle and Lion" flag of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella rather than the correct Cross of Burgundy flag used by the Spanish military unit that had occupied Amelia Island.
https://fernandinaobserver.com/general/oops-wrong-spanish-flag-on-city-logo/
Masao Okazaki, 6 November 2023

Police Department

image located by Paul Bassinson, 30 December 2021

Source: https://www.facebook.com/FernandinaBeachPoliceDepartment/photos/4635645306521095

The Fernandina Beach Police Department flag (from 2021 and as shown here) and seal still use the incorrect Castle and Lion flag.
Masao Okazaki, 5 November 2023