Dave Martucci's Bio

David B. Martucci
240 Calderwood Road
Washington, Maine 04574-3440

vex@vexman.net

Vexillologist since 1966, age 14.
President, North American Vexillological Association (NAVA);
1998-2004; member since 1967; Advisor to the Executive Board 2004-2008.
North American delegate to the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV),
Victoria, BC 1999 and York, UK 2001.
Secretary/Treasurer, New England Vexillological Association.
Editor, New England Journal of Vexillology.
Former editor, NAVA News, 1999-2007.
Professional Antique US Flag Appraiser.
Certified Maine Assessor (CMA).
Designer: NAVA seal and more than 100 flags.
First NAVA meeting attended: 1967 in Chillum, Maryland.
Presented papers,
- Flags of New Jersey, Third International Congress of Vexillology, Boston MA, 1969.
- An Overview of Maine Flag History, NAVA's 27th Annual Meeting, Portland ME 1993
- Technology to the Rescue! Maine's First State Colors, Eighteenth International Congress of Vexillology, Victoria BC, 1999.
- Using Star Patterns to Date U.S. Flags, NAVA's 38th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis IN, 2004.
- Flag and Symbol Usage in Early New England, NAVA's 39th Annual Meeting, Nashville TN, 2005. Winner of the Driver Award for Best Paper.
Articles Published:
- Flags of New Jersey, Flag Bulletin, Vol. X, No. 2-3 (1970).
- The Red and The Black, Flag Bulletin, Vol. XIII, No. 3 (1973).
- http://intervexi.net: Flags on the Web, Flag Bulletin, Vol. XXXV No. 6 (1998).
- Limitations on Flag Usage in the United States, Flag Bulletin #193 (2000)
- Survey of 18th Century Stars and Stripes, NAVA News #167, Jan-June, 2000.
- The Fancy Work of Francis Hopkinson, NAVA News, #171, Jul-Sep 2001.
- Technology to the Rescue! Maine's First State Colors, Flags From Sea to Sea, Canadian Flag Association, 2001 (also published in Maine History, Summer 2003).
- U.S. Navy "Boat" Flags, NAVA News, #176, Oct-Dec 2002.
- Samuel C. Reid's U.S. Flag proposals of 1818, NAVA News, #186, Jul-Sep 2005.
- Flag and Symbol Usage in Early New England, Raven, #13, 2006.
- A Diversity of Stars and Stripes: Variants of the American Flag Since 1775 (224 images by Dave Martucci based on the Kissel Collection), NAVA News, #190, Apr-Jun 2006.
Fact-checker for the historic US Stamps released by the USPS on June 14, 2000.
Interviewed for History Channel "This Week in History" film on US Flag first aired July 5, 2002.
Original essay on US Flag History featured in Boeing Corporation radio ad campaign first aired July 1, 2002.
Contributory artist, Flag Bulletin.
Produced cover, Flag Bulletin, Vol. XX, No. 6.
Former research assistant, Flag Research Center.
Author, special electronic publishing projects, Flag Heritage Foundation.
Member/former-assistant list master, Flags of the World (FOTW) email list.
Contributor/former-editor, FOTW web site.
Lectures on Flags.
Edits vexillological web sites on line, http://www.vexman.net/

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