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Société nationale de l'Acadie
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Grant of Arms, with a Flag to be known as the national flag of Acadia
August 15, 1995
Vol. III, p. 74
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Blazon
Flag
A French Tricolour (tierced in pale Azure, Argent and Gules) charged in the canton with the Star of Acadia Or;
Symbolism
Flag
The national flag of Acadia, also adopted in 1884 at the behest of its promoter, Father M.-F. Richard, is that of France with the addition of the star of Acadia in the blue segment, a colour recognized at the 1884 Convention as being closely associated with the worship of the Virgin Mary.