Indoor Episcopal Flag

Annin Colonial Nyl-Glo Indoor Episcopal Flags

Our best formal indoor nylon flags.

Every one of our Colonial Nyl-Glo Episcopal flags are carefully hand-assembled using Annin's exclusive, glowing taffeta material. Then they're finished with a flannel-lined pole hem to prevent the flag from "bunching" on the pole, and a thick golden fringe is added.

Before shipping, each flag undergoes rigorous quality control to ensure correct color and design, then is carefully folded and packed in acid-free white paper and boxed so you receive your flag in perfect condition.

• Hems are stitched with a double row of color-matched thread for a clean, classic appearance.
• Our Colonial Nyl-Glo material features deep, rich colors and a silk-like sheen.
• A thick, gold fringe adds the "correct" ceremonial look.
• The pole hem is fully lined with flannel to prevent "bunching" on the pole and insure that your flag drapes perfectly.
• Backed by two guarantees! Annin guarantees the colors won't fade and Flagstuff.com guarantees everything else.

The Episcopal Flag—An All-American Design.

Like the Christian flag, the Episcopal flag is purely an American invention. Although it was officially adopted by the Episcopal General Convention at a meeting in Kansas City in 1940, its origin dates to 1918 at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Diocese of Long Island.

Mr. William M. Baldwin was appointed to head the planning committee for the festivities and he arranged a grand procession of banners representing every parish, the diocese, the diocesan societies and so forth. But sadly, there was no flag of the Episcopal church and Baldwin thought there ought to be one.

Baldwin set about designing a flag for the church and eventually, he was able to present a small mock-up of his flag to the General Convention in Kansas City. The Convention, however, wasn't satisfied and wanted to see a larger version. Not wanting to postpone a vote on the flag for a later Convention, Baldwin went out that day and found the materials he needed to produce a larger flag.

He sewed the flag in his hotel room that night and as a result, was able to present a full-size version to the Convention the very next day. The rest is history.

Baldwin's original flag was used to drape the casket at his funeral and is now the property of the Diocese of Long Island. A duplicate made by Baldwin himself was given to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Here's how Baldwin described the details of his design:

"The red cross is the oldest Christian symbol dating back to the third century. The white represents purity and the red the blood of the martyrs. The blue is ecclesiastical blue, light in color, and used in the clothing of the Blessed Virgin Mary and on this flag represents the human nature of our Lord which He got from His virgin mother. The nine cross-crosslets or Jerusalem crosses represent the nine dioceses that convened in Philadelphia in 1789 when the Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church was adopted with its House of Bishops and House of Clerical and Lay Deputies and the Book of Common Prayer. The nine cross-crosslets are set in the form of a St. Andrew's cross in memory of the fact that, to avoid swearing allegiance to the British Crown, Bishop-elect Samuel Seabury of Connecticut had to go to Scotland to be consecrated by Scottish bishops."