[MR] Scots Heraldry for Colin Powell

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:59:31PM -0400, Towey, Brian wrote:
> "The Scotsman has learned that the US Secretary of State has petitioned the
> Heraldry Society of Scotland for a coat of arms to mark his Scottish
> genealogy."
> 
> http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=535722004
> 
> The blazon in the news article is a little garbled:
> 
> "General Powell's coat of arms contains symbols including the Azure, which
> shows "two swords in saltire, points downward, between four mullets Argent
> in a chief of the second a lion passant Gules."
> 
That makes an obvious reference to the Americal Division whose shoulder patch
has the southern cross on blue. Colin Powell served with (commanded?) that
division in Viet Nam, and chose to wear that shoulder insignia when he was
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

yours,
Herveus
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