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Westminster is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland.
Founded in 1764 as the town of Winchester, the name of the settlement was later
changed to Westminster by the Maryland General Assembly in order to avoid
confusion with the city of Winchester in Fredrick County, Virginia. Westminster
was incorporated in 1818. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster,_Maryland
and http://www.westgov.com/ )
The
flag of the city of Westminster can be seen in a photograph online at
http://patch.com/maryland/westminster/westminster-memorial-day-address-delivered-by-navy-se57c299cb33
(photo:
http://cdn.patch.com). The photograph shows a color guard presenting
the colors as part of a Memorial Day activity. In addition to the American and
Maryland flags, the Carroll County flag and the Westminster city flag are
displayed. The Westminster city flag features a white field with a dark blue
border of moderate thickness around all four sides, followed by a white inner
border of roughly one-half the thickness of the dark blue border, with a very
thin red inside border. Centered on the white field is a drawing of a two-story
farm house in dark blue. Arched above the house is the word "WESTMINSTER" in
dark blue capital letters fimbriated red; ached below the house in smaller dark
blue capital letters fimbriated red are the words "INCORPORATED 1838."
Additionally, based on the photograph, the Carroll County flag seems to have a
thicker dark blue border than we show on FOTW, and the border appears to be on
all four sides, even accounting for the dark blue sleeve holding the flag to the
staff, particularly when compared to the border on the Westminster city flag
right next to it.
Randy Young, 1
August 2016