We come to a common point between two major towns of French heritage: the lily.
To show that it belongs Lille, Louis the Great in fact change the coat of arms: the iris marshes money funds reds give way to the good old lily, but it retains the colors.
It found today on the stylized documents and the website of the city
It even appears, but very discreet on the shirts of the Lille Olympique Sporting Club:
And Hockey Club:
In Louisiana, flag of King fleet until 1769:
He is replaced by the tower Castile and the tricolor (three weeks), then Stars and Stripes (15 stars at the time). One can admire all the flags in the lobby of Capitol in Baton Rouge.
It remains today as the flag of New Orleans, who proudly wears her three gold fleurs-de-lis (pronounced "flower-de-li", it seems that it is French ...)
In 1966, during the creation of the Saints football team, but we keep the flower colors are changed in favor of the now famous black and gold as tribute to the petrochemical industry, which has become the alpha and omega of Louisiana ...
since been hired more black players, making it prettier and more sense as ...
The lily is now reused any number of ways: by diverting the national flag.
Even Joan of Arc, from his high pedestal on Decatur Street, waving the colors of the Saints. It is still not herself?
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