Editing Fleur-de-lis (section)

===United States===
''Fleurs-de-lis'' crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] along with Europeans going to the [[New World]], especially with French settlers. Their presence on North American flags and coats of arms usually recalls the involvement of French settlers in [[New France]] of the town or region concerned, and in some cases the persisting presence there of a population descended from such settlers.

[[File:176th Medical Brigade (United States) Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.jpg|thumb|The ''fleur-de-lis'' is used in the insignia of the 176th Medical Brigade as a tribute to the unit's service in France.]]
In the US, the ''fleur-de-lis'' symbols tend to be along or near the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Missouri River|Missouri]] rivers. These are areas of strong [[French colonial empire]] settlement. It appears on the flag or seal of the cities of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Detroit]], [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]], [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[New Orleans]], [[Ocean Springs, Mississippi|Ocean Springs]] and [[St. Louis]]. On 9 July 2008, Louisiana governor [[Bobby Jindal]] signed a bill into law making the ''fleur-de-lis'' an official symbol of the state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=22251 |title=Fleur-de-lis Now Official State Symbol |website=arklatexhomepage.com |access-date=10 July 2008 |archive-date=27 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327200346/http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=22251 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Following [[Hurricane Katrina]] on 29 August 2005, the ''fleur-de-lis'' has been widely used in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, as a symbol of grassroots support for [[Reconstruction of New Orleans|New Orleans' recovery]].<ref name="neworleans">{{cite web |url=https://www.nola.com/300/article_aa0c0f38-cb1a-5ff4-868b-260040be122e.html |title=2005: The ''fleur-de-lis'' becomes a symbol of post-Katrina pride in New Orleans |website=www.nola.com |date=August 31, 2017 |access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref> The coat of arms of [[St. Augustine, Florida]] has a ''fleur-de-lis'' on the first quarter, due to its connection with [[Huguenots]]. Several counties have flags and seals based on pre-1801 British royal arms also includes ''fleur-de-lis'' symbols. They are [[King George County, Virginia]] and [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]], [[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset County]], [[Kent County, Maryland|Kent County]], and [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]] in Maryland.
It has also become the symbol for the identity of the [[Cajuns]] and [[Louisiana Creole people]], and their French heritage.
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