Montgomery County can be found in the state of Maryland, adjacent to Washington D.C. the capital of the United States. Due it's proximity this is the most populous county of Maryland, there live around 1 million people. The county is named after Major General Richard Montgomery who had served the American Revolutionary War for independence. He tried to invade Quebec but died in Quebec City and never set foot in the county that will be named after him. The county seat is the city of Rockville and other cities are Gaithersburg and Takoma Park, also towns namely Barnesville, Brookeville, Chevy Chase, Garrett Park, Glen Echo, Kensington, Laytonsville, Poolesville, Somerset and Washington Grove. Many U.S. institutions have there base in those places and some companies too. Brookeville is mention worth it was the U.S. capital for an day on August 26, 1814 when the British take over Washington D.C., when president James Madison fled to this town and stay when the British move on. So let's take an look at the flag.
Like the state flag of Maryland and like some counties and cities, it's looking European medieval-like. The flag is an stretched out version of the coat of arms and it's from the family of Richard Montgomery. The fleur-de-lis in two quarters of the flag comes from the arms of the Montgomery family and other quarters with the rings are from the family Eglinton. In 1368 Sir John Montgomery married Elizabeth of the Eglinton family.Their descendants combined the Montgomery fleurs-de-lis with the Eglinton rings in one quartered shield. The indented line which separates the upper and lower quarters of the flag represent the borders of local government. The colors of red and blue are identical to those on the American flag and the color yellow is identical of that color on the Maryland state flag. This flag could work in Europe and so why not in America, it's okay with me.
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