NAVA 31

• NAVA News v. 30 no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 1997)
• NAVA 31 Program (selected excerpts)

NAVA 31 Group Photo:

Significant Events:

• On the first day participants paraded from the Blackstone Hotel with flags flying to nearby Grant Park, where ceremonial presentations of the U.S., Canada, Illinois, Chicago, NAVA, and the NAVA 31 meeting flags were conducted, with brief expla­nations of the history of each flag.
• Attendees were treated to two noted vexillologists as banquet speak­ers: Kevin Harrington, who entertained listeners with wry and amusing excerpts in "Who Said What About Flags: An Introduction to a Collection of Flag Quotations", and Dr. Whitney Smith, on a more serious note, who speculated about coming years in "Looking To­wards the Future of Vexillology".
• The members voted to rename the following executive board officers: the vice president became the first vice president; the corresponding secretary became the second vice president, and the recording secretary became the secretary.

The Featured Tours:

The Presentations:

• "A New Flag for a University in Chicago" — Kevin Harrington, Ontario.
• "Making Provisions for Proper Disposal of Flag Research in Wills" — Michael Faul, United Kingdom. (read by Harry Oswald)
• "Argentina's Flag Monument" — Gustavo Tracchia, New York.
• "Victoria, British Columbia, site of the International Congress of Vexillology 1999" — James D. Webb, British Columbia.
• "Flag Day Philadelphia Fashion — An Adventure" — Robert Coykendall, New York.
• "Six Flags Over Texas" — Charles Spain, Texas.
• "Flags of the British Dependent Territories and the British Union flag" — James Liston, Texas.
• "Applied Vexillology" — James J. Ferrigan III, California.
• "The Pike-Pawnee Flag Incident: Re-exam­ining a Vexillological Legend" — Anne M. Platoff, Arizona.

Announced Awards and Honors:

• Captain William Driver Award: Gustavo Tracchia.

Attendees: (57)