Research Resources

 NAVA promotes vexillology as the scientific study of flags by: bringing into closer cooperation people interested in all aspects of flags such as their history, significance, specifications, use, and manufacture; furthering a strong and growing interest in flags as a serious study or as an avocation; promoting research into the origins, history, and symbolism of flags; publishing on flags and vexillology; formulating standards for flag teminology, methodology, and data recording; cooperating with other vexillological associations, agencies, and research centers, and foundations; and representing vexillologists of North America on an international level.

This page was designed to help advance NAVA'S charter, and is for ANYONE doing research or who has a question about flags.  Our volunteer members are ready to help!  Please make sure you provide an E-mail address if you would like the answer sent to a different mailbox.

We only ask two things:

1) make sure you provide as much information as possible so that our members can give you an accurate answer, and 2) please do not ask for an appraisal.

Note: Answers are the opinions of those members participating in this program, and in no way are endorsed by NAVA, its executive board, or its membership.  Questions submitted become the property of NAVA and may be used on our Question and Answer page (your full name will be omitted; we do request that you give us your first name so that you may be properly saluted).

Be sure to check the Q&A pages first to see if your question has already been answered.

• Researchers: please credit the NAVA member
• NAVA Members: if you'd like to help this program become a success please contact Ted Kaye.  Include your area of expertise.  When answering a visitor's question don't forget to CC the webmaster!
• Not a NAVA member?.. we invite you to JOIN! Just click APPLICATION
• See our Questions & Answers page! Just click Q&A
• Current help categories are DESIGN, GENERAL, HISTORY, MATERIALS AND CARE, PROTOCOL and NATIONAL AND MILITARY (current)

The following NAVA members have volunteered to answer your flag related questions: