Newark is the most populous city of New Jersey with an population of around 282 thousand. The city is due it's proximity part of the New York City agglomeration and that combination has an population of more than 10 million. Newark is founded in 1663 and is the third oldest city of the United States. New York City is world famous in everything and much more expensive, made Newark an cheaper option to stay and New York City is easy to reach with public transport. Newark has also a lot to offer as museums, restaurants and nightlife, so when you tired of the Big Apple maybe Newark is an option. Newark has an professional sports team, the hockey club New Jersey Devils winners of 3 Stanley cups. Despite it's name the soccer team New York Red Bulls play their games in Newark. Not in Newark but close inn East Rutherford the American football teams New York Giants and New York Jets play their games. Lot of New York state in New Jersey state an good and cheaper alternative in this part of the United States. So let's take an look at the flag.
An typical American flag with an seal on it and with an lot of letters, the big no for vexillologists. The blue border is the colour of New Jersey, the so called "Jersey Blue" an darker tone of blue. The female figures are on the left side is Liberty and the sitting one on the right is Justice. All their symbols are there the rod with a cap of liberty, olive branch and the faces. Justice has her sword and scale. At the feet of Liberty is the cornucopia filled with fruit and vegetables. Liberty and Justice are an altered version from the coat of arms of the state of New Jersey. Between the female figures is an shield with on top an arm with a hammer, which symbolize Newark's industrial heritage. The shield shows three plows from the coat of arms of the state of New Jersey, which stands for agriculture with the cornucopia. The nickname of New Jersey is the "Garden State". The banner shows the city and state, and the year when Newark get's incorporated as city. This flag needs an modern and clever makeover, but it showed that it's part of New Jersey.
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