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Zeta Tau Alpha is a university and college sorority with chapters at several American institutions of higher education. The attached link shows a b&w thumbnail of the fraternity flag, along with a description. The other fraternity symbols, colors, etc., are also listed.
www.onu.edu/org/zta/nationalZetaHistory.html
Ron Lahav, 29 January 2009
Zeta Tau Alpha were founded on October 15, 1898 at the Virginia State Female
Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Approximately
210000 sisters in 155 chapters (from
http://www.zetataualpha.org/cms400min/Template2SF.aspx?id=175&tlmid=17).
This website also has a listing of all of the symbols of Zeta Tau Alpha. There
are two flags and one banner that the Zetas use.
The ZTA flag consists of
a coat of arms on a white background, trimmed by an edge of turquoise blue (one
of the two colors of ZTA, the other is Steel Grey). I am not sure how wide the
turquoise border is on the flag, but the design is pretty similar to the flag of
Montenegro. The flag was adopted by their nationals in
1950. As for the coat of arms, the meaning of the arms is secret to only their
sisters. The flag can be seen at
http://www.zetataualpha.org/cms400min/uploadedImages/Library/Logos/ZTA%20flag%281%29.jpg?n=2650.
Zachary Harden, 28 April 2011
![[U.S. sorority flag - zeta tau alpha]](../images/u/us_ztatt.gif)
image by Zachary Harden, 28 April 2011
There is a chapter flag that is kept at the International Offices, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. The chapter flag is turquoise with a grey border. The name of the university is in the middle and the letters of their chapter is in the bottom fly. In the case of Arkansas Tech, the chapter is designated as Theta Theta. I will attach an image of the chapter flag as us-ztatt.gif. The chapter flag was created in 1998, along with others, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of ZTA.
The banner that is used is described as "rectangular and made of turquoise and gray satin. It bears the letters in Greek, and a burning torch." As with the coat of arms, the meaning of this banner is secret to the general public, but it is allowed to be displayed at the chapter house, room, lodge or anywhere on ZTA property. The image is at www.zetataualpha.org/cms400min/uploadedImages/Library/Logos/banner.jpg?n=3380
Zachary Harden, 28 April 2011
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