Franco-American Flag

The Franco-American flag is an ethnic flag representing Franco-Americans.

The Franco-American flag

Blue and white are colors found on the flags of both the United States and francophone nations such as France or Quebec. The star symbolizes the United States and the fleur-de-lis symbolizes French culture. It can also be seen as representative of French Canadians who form a sizable population in the American Northeast.

Origins in New England

A Franco-American conference at Manchester's Saint Anselm College in May 1983 adopted a flag to represent their New England community. It was designed by Robert L. Couturier, attorney and one-time mayor of Lewiston, Maine, to have a blue field with a white fleur-de-lis over a white five-pointed star.[1][2]

Note
The Franco-American flag being flown alongside the flags of numerous other francophone communities
The entry for the Franco-American flag reads, "Adopted by the Assembly of Franco-Americans in 1983, this flag uses the blue and white colours of that of the United States, which are also found on those of France, Quebec and Acadia. The white star symbolizes the United States and the fleur-de-lys the French culture."

This flag extends a tradition of designing flags for the French communities of each Canadian province to the United States.

References
  1. The French-Canadian heritage in New England ([International version] ed.). University Press of New England. pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-7735-0537-7.
  2. "The Robert Couturier Collection - Audio-Visual Materials | Franco-American Collection | University of Southern Maine". usm.maine.edu.
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