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Once Again Into The Breach, Dear Friends 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
In this case, the “breach” seems to be that Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), does not have its own coat of arms. (The City of Canberra does, as noted in a recent post here: April 8, 2...
Something Else Not To Do 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
As a contrast to the "kitchen-sink" school of heraldry, which tries to incorporate everything, including the kitchen sink, from its history into its coat of arms, there are some very nice, simply, eas...
What Not To Do 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Or this post could be subtitled: "The Kitchen Sink School of Heraldry." (Because it seems like the designers have tried to include everything, including the kitchen sink.) Over the years I have acqu...
Austin, Texas 15 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Taking a little time out from the international news of heraldry, I thought I'd introduce to you the coat of arms of the capitol city of Texas, Austin. Named for the "Father of Texas" (so named becau...
Canadian Heraldry in the News! 12 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Canadian city of Sault Ste. Marie turned 100 last year, and has decided as a part of that celebration to get itself a new coat of arms. And why wouldn't you want to change their current "logo" ab...
Australian Heraldry in the News! 8 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I've posted about the arms of Canberra in Australia before http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2012/09/heraldic-change-in-news.html and http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2013/04/heraldry-in-news.html), and ...
Something Fun for Post Number 600 5 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
It's alway great when more than one of my interests intersect, and it seemed to me that this particular post, the 600th on this blog, was the ideal time to share with you a picture that was posted by ...
"Everything Old Is New Again" 1 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
And that old saw from the song seems even truer in heraldry. There was an article about the University of St. Mark and St. John (known affectionately as "MarJon") in Plymouth, England, "arguably the ...
Heraldry in the News 29 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
But, apparently, not all that newsworthy. Or, maybe it's newsworthy, but neither controversial nor interesting. In a story on July 11 in the Niagara-On-The-Lake Town Crier, it was noted that at a pu...
A New Book of American Heraldry 25 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society is publishing a new book of the Roll of Arms registered by the Committee between 1928 and 1980, previously published over the...
