The Coat of Arms of Saint Johns County, Florida.
Saint Johns County, FL
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Saint Johns County, FL
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- JMcMillan
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Re: Saint Johns County, FL
St. Johns* (not St. John) County is where St. Augustine is situated, which is the reason for the Spanish elements of the arms.
(*And St. Johns rather than the grammatically correct St. John's because the U.S. Board on Geographic Names suffers from chronic apostrophobia.)
(*And St. Johns rather than the grammatically correct St. John's because the U.S. Board on Geographic Names suffers from chronic apostrophobia.)
Joseph McMillan
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Re: Saint Johns County, FL
...and the penchant for plural's would be apostrophilia?
Sorry... Anyway, interesting arms!
Sorry... Anyway, interesting arms!
Michael F. McCartney
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Re: Saint Johns County, FL
That castle in sinister base looks odd, as if it's wobbling.
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Mark Anthony Henderson
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Re: Saint Johns County, FL
I see that the arms were granted/certified by the Spanish Cronista de Armas in 1991. The paschal lamb refers to St John; the castle in chief to the former Spanish military garrison in the county; the bordure to Castile and Leon. The crown is a Spanish provincial crown.
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Arthur Radburn
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Re: Saint Johns County, FL
JMcMillan wrote:St. Johns* (not St. John) County is where St. Augustine is situated, which is the reason for the Spanish elements of the arms.
(*And St. Johns rather than the grammatically correct St. John's because the U.S. Board on Geographic Names suffers from chronic apostrophobia.)
Did made Correction of the Spelling.
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