Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va.

 
Joseph McMillan
 
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Joseph McMillan
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06 December 2009 14:10
 

At a high school track meet yesterday, I saw a small coat of arms on the tablet placed at the dedication of the Flippin [yes, really] Field House of Episcopal HS, a old-line boys’ prep school in Alexandria, Va.  I think it was about 20 years old, give or take, and I’ve never seen the arms used in any other context, but as they are in the school’s colors, I assume they are (or were) the school’s arms:

Or on a bend engrailed Gules cotised Sable between two crosses bottony Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Or.

 

The crest is some sort of a griffin Gules armed Or, but the lower part had been worn or scratched away, so not sure if issuant from something, rampant, or what.

 

Nice arms:  I’m guessing a product of Col. Harry Temple, who produced a lot of arms of Episcopal institutions around here.

 
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06 December 2009 14:38
 

The Flippin Field House????

That’s TOO funny! I laughed for 5 minutes!