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Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania (U.S.)

Cambria County

image by Masao Okazaki, 24 June 2019

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Description of the flag

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Nanty Glo raises town flag during centennial kickoff
Jul 5, 2018

At the end of the school year, eighth-grade student Michael Pavelek won a contest that was the culmination of his history class at Blacklick Valley Junior Senior High School. The assignment was to create a flag for the town of Nanty Glo in preparation for its centennial events, which kicked off Wednesday with a veteran�s recognition ceremony and parade.

Pavelek�s first draft was too complicated, so he decided to go with a simpler version with three stripes and three symbols. His final design came to life after the town�s centennial parade Wednesday morning as Nanty Glo officials hoisted Pavelek�s flag right below the American flag at the corner of Roberts and Lloyd streets in the center of the borough.

According to Pavelek�s research, the blue stripe at the top of the flag represents Nanty Glo�s determination and good fortune. In a speech Pavelek gave Wednesday morning before the presentation of his flag, he said this stripe is for �the people of Nanty Glo, who kept on pushing through the hardships. The determination was everywhere � at home, in the mines or on the battlefield � no matter what,� he said.

The flag�s orange stripe is to represent the courage and sacrifice of the people of Nanty Glo, he said, for those who put themselves in harm�s way for the sake of their families and the their town. This stripe in particular has family ties for Pavelek, with a great-grandfather who died while working in a coal mine years before he was born and two parents � Mike and Lisa (Hagens) � who both served overseas in the military.

The flag�s green stripe represents wealth and success, but also acknowledges Nanty Glo�s founding by the Welsh in 1918, Michael Pavelek said. Like the Welsh flag, the green stripe is at the bottom to symbolize a strong foundation, he said.

The flag�s symbols include a coal cart in the center to show the town�s rich coal mining history and a keystone symbol on the cart for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The coal cart is surrounded by a gold band to symbolize Nanty Glo�s rich history of coal, �which is why it�s surrounding the important symbols at the heart of our flag,� Michael Pavelek said.

Karen Tummino, chair of the Nanty Glo Centennial committee, said the result of Michael Pavelek�s design was the town�s first flag.
Paul Bassinson, 10 May 2019