North American Vexillological Association

The association's flag consists of a large white "V" (an inverted chevron) separating a blue triangle above from two red triangles on either side. The length of the top side of the blue triangle is the same as the width of the flag ("width" is the vertical dimension when flying from a flagpole). The flag's proportions are 2:3.

The "V" represents vexillology. The colors are from the flags of the two original countries in the association, Canada and the United States.

Since 1967, the association has held annual meetings across the United States and Canada for all those interested in flags to present and discuss research, share their passion for flags, and to honor vexillological achievement. Since 1977, it has marked each meeting with a distinctive flag.

No.	Year	Location	Flag	Notes	Ref
O	1967	Boston, Massachusetts		Meeting "O" for organizational. Planned for first meeting	[2]
1	1967	Purchase, New York			[2]
2	1968	Chillum, Maryland			[2]
3	1969	Boston, Massachusetts		First conference to have a dedicated flag	[2]
4	1970	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania			[2]
5	1971	Ottawa, Ontario			[2]
6	1972	Chicago, Illinois			[2]
7	1973	Valley Forge, Pennsylvania			[2]
8	1974	Baltimore, Maryland			[2]
9	1975	Cleveland, Ohio			[2]
10	1976	Toronto, Ontario			[2]
11	1977	Washington, D.C.		Unique conference flags now standard at every meeting	[2]
12	1978	Montgomery, Alabama			[2]
13	1979	Salem, Massachusetts			[2]
14	1980	St. Louis, Missouri			[2]
15	1981	Ottawa, Ontario			[2]
16	1982	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania			[2]
17	1983	New York, New York			[2]
18	1984	Vancouver, British Columbia			[2]
19	1985	Kansas City, Missouri			[2]
20	1986	Trenton, New Jersey			[2]
21	1987	San Francisco, California			[2]
22	1988	Portsmouth, New Hampshire			[2]
23	1989	Dallas, Texas			[2]
24	1990	Toronto, Ontario			[2]
25	1991	Minneapolis, Minnesota			[2]
26	1992	San Antonio, Texas			[2]
27	1993	Portland, Maine			[2]
28	1994	Portland, Oregon			[2]
29	1995	Cincinnati, Ohio			[2]
30	1996	Sacramento, California			[2]
31	1997	Chicago, Illinois			[2]
32	1998	Québec City, Québec			[2]
33	1999	Victoria, British Columbia			[2]
34	2000	Lansing, Michigan			[2]
35	2001	Norfolk, Virginia			[2]
36	2002	Denver, Colorado			[2]
37	2003	Montréal, Québec			[2]
38	2004	Indianapolis, Indiana			[2]
39	2005	Nashville, Tennessee			[2]
40	2006	Reno, Nevada			[2]
41	2007	Hartford, Connecticut			[2]
42	2008	Austin, Texas			[2]
43	2009	Charleston, South Carolina			[2]
44	2010	Los Angeles, California			[2]
45	2011	Washington, D.C.			[2]
46	2012	Columbus, Ohio			[2]
47	2013	Salt Lake City, Utah			[2]
48	2014	New Orleans, Louisiana			[2]
49	2015	Ottawa, Ontario			[2]
50	2016	San Jose, California			[2]
51	2017	Boston, Massachusetts			[2]
52	2018	Québec City, Québec			[2]
53	2019	San Antonio, Texas			[2]
54	2020	Zoom		Conference held over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic	[2]
55	2021	Zoom		Conference held over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic	[2]
56	2022	St. Augustine, Florida		Hybrid conference with events in person and over zoom	[2]
57	2023	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania			[2]

NAVA honors achievement in the field with several honors and awards:

• Captain William Driver Award: presented to the individual who presents the best paper at the association's annual meeting
• The Vexillonnaire Award: recognizing a flag scholar who becomes personally involved in a significant and successful act of creating, changing, or improving flag design, or promoting good flag usage or altering it for the better
• Kevin Harrington Award: presented to the individual who authors the best article to appear in a non-vexillological publication during the preceding year
• John Purcell Award: presented to an individual for an exemplary contribution that promotes public understanding of vexillology in North America
• Doreen Braverman Award: presented to an organizational member who supports the association's mission by making a significant contribution to the vexillological community
• Whitney Smith Fellow: an individual who makes an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology may be elected to this honor by NAVA's executive board. An honoree is entitled to use the postnominals "WSF"
• Honorary membership: honors an individual who renders distinguished service to the association or vexillology[3]

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