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What? The state flag or the city flag? I just double checked and I don't see what you're talking about.
by goldbrick 11y ago
What? The state flag or the city flag? I just double checked and I don't see what you're talking about.
- JBReefer 11y agoI am wrong! It's a beaver [0], for the beaver trade that built the port. Still, the Lenape word for "Queens" is "island of sea shells", and they're a huge part of New York food history [1]! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_New_York_City [1] http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/01/history-half-shell-intertwined-story-new-york-city-and-its-oysters http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/01/history-half-shell-inter...