Editing New Netherland (section)

===Lore===
[[File:Prinsenvlag.svg|thumb|''Prinsenvlag'', or "[[Prince's Flag]]", featuring the blue, white, and orange of some flags in the region]]
The blue, white, and orange on the flags of [[flag of New York City|New York City]], [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] are those of the ''Prinsenvlag'' ("[[Prince's Flag]]"), introduced in the 17th century as the ''[[Statenvlag]]'' ("States Flag"), the naval flag of the [[States General of the Netherlands]].{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The flag and seal of [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] depicting the arms of the [[House of Nassau]] in the middle. The seven arrows in the lion's claw in the Dutch Republic's coat of arms was a precedent for the thirteen arrows in the eagle's claw in the [[Great Seal of the United States]].<ref>{{citation| last = Velde| first = François| title = Official Heraldry of the United States| date = December 8, 2003}}</ref>

[[Washington Irving]]'s satirical ''[[A History of New York]]'' and its famous fictional author [[Diedrich Knickerbocker]] had a large impact on the popular view of New Netherland's legacy.  Irving's romantic vision of a Dutch yeomanry dominated the popular imagination about the colony since its publication in 1809.<ref>Bradley, Elizabeth L. (2009). ''Knickerbocker: The Myth Behind New York''. Rutgers University Press.</ref> The tradition of [[Santa Claus]] is thought to have developed from a gift-giving celebration of the feast of [[Saint Nicholas]] on December 5 each year by the settlers of New Netherland.<ref name="Shorto" /><ref name=jona>{{cite web| last = Jona Lendering| author-link1 = Jona Lendering| title = Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, Santa Claus: New York 1776| work = livius.org| date = November 20, 2008| url = https://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nicholas/nicholas_of_myra3.html| access-date = March 26, 2020| archive-date = May 13, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110513114942/https://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nicholas/nicholas_of_myra3.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> The Dutch [[Sinterklaas]] was changed to "Santa Claus", a name first used in the American press in 1773,<ref>"Last Monday, the anniversary of St. Nicholas, otherwise called Santa Claus, was celebrated at Protestant Hall, at Mr. Waldron's; where a great number of sons of the ancient saint, the "Sons of Saint Nicholas", celebrated the day with great joy and festivity." ''Rivington's Gazette'' (New York City), December 23, 1773.</ref> when Nicholas was used as a symbol of New York's non-British past.<ref name=lendsantaclaus>{{cite web |last1=Lendering |first1=Jona |author-link1=Jona Lendering |title=Santa Claus |url=https://www.livius.org/articles/person/nicholas-of-myra/nicholas-of-myra-4/ |website=www.livius.org |publisher=Livius |access-date=7 February 2020 |date=23 November 2018 <!-- Created in 2006; last modified on 23 November 2018 -->}}</ref> However, many of the "traditions" of Santa Claus may have simply been invented by Irving in his 1809 ''Knickerbocker's History of New York from The Beginning of the World To the End of The Dutch Dynasty''.<ref name=jona/>