NAVA 47

• NAVA News no. 220 (Oct.-Dec. 2013)
• NAVA 47 Program
• NAVA 47 Photo Gallery

The George Henry Preble Lecture

“Terrible as an Army with Banners”, delivered by Richard E. Bennett Ph.D., president of the Mormon History Association and professor and chair, Department of Church History, Brigham Young University, in the Relief Society Room of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

His address was published in Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 21 (2014): pp. 1–18 (Download the paper here).

The Tours

Early arrivers attended the weekly rehearsal of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Thursday evening which began with a tour of Temple Square lead by John Hartvigsen, the NAVA 47 organizing committee chair.  Other tours included the State Capitol, the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, the Fort Douglas Military Museum, and Ensign Peak.  At Fort Douglas, the group examined the United States Color of the 24th Infantry Regiment’s Buffalo Soldiers, who were stationed at Fort Douglas in the 1890s.

The Whitney Smith Dinner

The inaugural Whitney Smith Dinner was held at the Lion House, South Lake City.  In honor of Dr. Smith’s remarkable record of achievement as a vexillologist, the Executive Board renamed the traditional Saturday night banquet as the Whitney Smith Dinner.

Hugh Brady delivered the keynote address, a report on the recent transfer of the Flag Research Center Collection to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas.

• Captain William Driver Award – Dean C. Thomas
• John Purcell Award – John M. Hartvigsen
• Kevin Harrington Award – Kevin Harrington
• Doreen Braverman Award – Doreen Braverman
• Whitney Smith Fellow – Charles A. Spain
• Honorary Membership (for distinguished service to the Association) – Kirby A. Baker, Don E. Carleton, and Austin Smith

• Revisiting the Flag at Prospect Hill: Grand Union or Just British? – Byron DeLear, Virginia
• Revitalized Flag Magic: Flag Retirement Rituals and the Power of Talismans – Scot M. Guenter, California
• The Flag's Own Right: Right, Wrong, or Sinister Conspiracy? – John M. Hartvigsen, Utah
• Ancient Israel's Standards – Marilyn Hichborn, California
• The Hawaiian Flag Has Always Been White, Red, and Blue – Patrick Ka'ano'i, Hawaii
• Flags of New World Slave Risings – Steven A. Knowlton, Tennessee
• Historical Flags of Our Ancestors – Pete Loeser, California
• Flags as Flair: The Iconography of Space Shuttle Mission Patches – Anne M. Platoff, California
• Storage of Collections: A Time for Great Possibilities – Gwen Spicer, New York
• Backstage Anecdotes from the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics' Medals/Flags Ceremony Team – Paul B. Swenson, Utah
• Flags and Emblems of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Vexillidolatry in its Purest Form – Dean Thomas, Arkansas
• Exploring the Genealogy of the President's Flag of the U.S.A., 1915–1959 – Robert M. Williamson, North Carolina

Driver Award:  Advertising Flag Co., Bear Flag Museum, CRW Flags, Dixie Flag Mfg. Co., The Flag Guys, The Flag Shop (BC), Herold Flags, Preservation Designs, Six-Sided Simulations