Washington State (US State) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- Washington State (US State)
- ITI Number:
- 2133
- Category:
- American District
- Designer / Source:
- McLeod van Nus/Cannonita
- Date:
- 1988
- Slog:
- WRB:YKA
- Colour Sequence:
- WRBGAKY
- Thread Count:
- WW6 DR6 RB32 G64 A6 K6 MY4
- Notes:
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Designed by Margaret McLeod van Nus of Washington (Vancouver USA Country Dancers) and Dr. Frank B. Cannonita of Orange County, California to commemorate the Washington State Centennial celebrations. Adopted by legislature of the State of Washington in 1991. Sample in STA Johnston Collection.
The chosen colours represent the many aspects of Washington: blue for the lakes, rivers and ocean; white for snow-capped mountains; red for all fruit; yellow for all grain; and black for Mount St. Helens. The green background is used for the state motto: the Evergreen state.
The bill, designating the state tartan, was signed into law in 1991 by then-Governor Booth Gardner.
