Outdoor Episcopal Flags

Annin Nyl-Glo Outdoor Nylon Episcopal Flags

Our best commercial-grade outdoor nylon flags.

There's no better or more affordable way to quickly spruce up the appearance of your church or school than with a bright new flag! Our durable outdoor Episcopal flags are made in the USA by Annin & Co., America's oldest, largest and most respected flag maker. They're carefully sewn using tough, long-wearing Dupont SolarMax nylon and they're designed specifically for extended outdoor use.

• Made in the USA. Not only are our Episcopal flags assembled here, but all the materials that go into making them are domestic.
• Fully sewn & embroidered design—not dyed.
• Hems are sewn with a double row (4 rows on the fly end) of heavy, strong polyester thread tightly lock-stitched so they won't unravel.
• Finished with Annin's signature heavy weight polyester duck header and solid brass grommets.
• 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."