Heraldry

NORTH CAROLINA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ELEMENT, JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS

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Crest

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Description/Blazon

That for regiments and separate battalions of the North Carolina Army National Guard: From a wreath of colors, a hornets' nest hanging from a bough beset with 13 hornets all Proper.

Symbolism

The first flag of North Carolina, June 1775, bore a hornets' nest and the date May 20, 1775. ("The Flag of the United States and other National Flags," by Admiral Preble, page 627). Thus the hornets' nest of North Carolina antedates the Flag of the United States.

Background

The crest for color bearing organizations of the State of North Carolina was approved on 10 January 1924.

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