Heraldry Etiquette

 
Richard G.
 
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Richard G.
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26 November 2011 03:25
 

Considering how effective it proved to be, it’s curious the French never took up the war bow.

 
Michael F. McCartney
 
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26 November 2011 11:40
 

Perhaps pride—not willing to admit that the weapon of choice of a "mere" English foot soldier was worthy of emulation?

Or perhaps not willing to arm and train their peasantry?  Think "jaquerie" (OK, mis-spelled; peasant revolt).  Occasionally losing to the English was bad enough; facing their own peasants armed with longbows would have endangered their very way of life.

 
Snyder
 
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21 March 2013 02:00
 

I witnessed a soldier step on a unit crest laid into the floor one time. Then witnessed him stripping and waxing the area of the floor with a series of small toothbrushes and hand rags.

Luckily, he was in front of me, or I would have been doing it. wink

 
Brad Smith
 
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21 March 2013 18:34
 

As a freshman at my high school, I was told not to walk on the seal in the front hall during my orientation assembly.

It’s strange, but thirty years later I seem to avoid walking on seals without thinking about it.

 
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12 August 2014 14:58
 

Every schoolchild in Washington state is told, when taking the obligatory field trip to the state capitol, that the bronze representation of the Seal of the State - which was inlaid in the floor of the rotunda in 1929 - is surrounded by stanchions as a result of a protest staged by the Sons of the Revolution that year, who were outraged that people were able to walk across it.

Here’s a photo of the stanchions (85 years and they still haven’t devised a permanent architectural fixture ...) -

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uxm0ntRlbpw/0.jpg

 
Snyder
 
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12 August 2014 19:46
 

A lot of army units have the ‘do not walk’ tradition when it comes to unit crests being placed on the floor.