The Flag of the State of New Jersey includes the emblem from the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey on a buff-colored background.
According to the minutes of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, 1896, the date in which the Assembly officially approved
the flag as the state emblem, the buff color is due indirectly to George Washington, who had ordered on October 2, 1779, that the
uniform coats of the New Jersey Continental Line be dark (Jersey) blue, with buff facings. Buff-colored facings had until then been
reserved only for his own uniform and those of other Continental generals and their aides. Then, on February 28, 1780, the Continental
War Officers in Philadelphia directed that the uniform coat facings of all regiments were to be the same as the background color of
the regiments' state flag.
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