U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – Grommets Flag

Choose Your Options

Every U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Grommets Flag is made to order, so tell us how you want it built. These are the choices.

• Printed or sewn: Printed flags are dye-printed on 200 denier nylon, so fine seal detail reproduces exactly. Sewn flags are appliquéd and embroidered by hand in our Alexandria, Virginia shop: each color is a separate piece of fabric stitched to the field, with lettering and fine detail embroidered.
• Single-sided, double-sided or mirror-sided: A single-sided flag carries the design on the front only; the back is blank. A double-sided flag is two flags sewn back to back, so the design reads correctly on both sides. A mirror-sided flag is also two layers, but the back is a mirror image of the front.
• Plain finish: Grommet flags are made plain, with hemmed edges and no fringe. Fringe is an indoor finish, and it does not belong on a flag that flies in weather.
• Lock stitch construction (sewn flags): Every sewn grommet flag is lock stitched, the stronger interlocking stitch, because an outdoor flag takes more wind than an indoor one. There is no regular grade for grommet flags.
• Size: 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 5x8 FT are standard. For a custom size, give us the finished width and height you need.

Product Features

• Official Department of Justice design: the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Grommets Flag carries the Department of Justice’s official emblem, reproduced to the agency’s design in the finish and size you order.
• Nylon field: lightweight nylon that flies in a light breeze, sheds water and dries quickly.
• Header and grommets: a canvas header along the hoist edge with brass grommets, the standard finish for an outdoor flagpole.
• Built your way: printed or sewn, single-sided, double-sided or mirror-sided, in standard or custom sizes.
• Made in the USA: every DOJ flag we sell is made in the USA.
• Matched sets: order one flag or a set for every office, and the finish and size will be the same on each.

Historical Background

The Office of the Attorney General was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, but for eighty years the Attorney General worked with a small staff and no department. Congress passed the Act to Establish the Department of Justice on June 22, 1870, signed by President Ulysses S. Grant, and the department began work on July 1, 1870.

The seal predates the department. Congress gave the Attorney General's office statutory authority for a seal in 1849, and the design was devised in the early 1850s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the current version on April 27, 1934. It shows a shield of thirteen stripes under a blue chief, an eagle rising from the shield holding an olive branch of thirteen leaves and thirteen arrows, and the motto Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur, who prosecutes on behalf of Lady Justice. The department describes its flag as an ultramarine blue field bearing the seal with white fringe.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Flag: Symbolism at a Glance

• White, red and blue on the shield: Purity and innocence, hardiness and valor, and vigilance, perseverance and justice.
• Eagle with olive branch and arrows: The powers of peace and war vested in Congress.
• Thirteen stars and stripes: The original states.
• Motto: Who prosecutes on behalf of Lady Justice, drawn from the old common law pleading formula.