Use in Yorkshire heraldry The flag of Yorkshire is a White Rose on a blue background. The flags of the three ridings also display it prominently. More than 20 civic entities in Yorkshire have a coat of arms which includes the rose of York. In heraldry The Rose of York is blazoned as A rose argent barbed and seeded proper (a white rose with sepals and seeds in their natural colours). According to the College of Heralds, the heraldic rose may be used with either a petal at the top or if slightly rotated with a sepal at the top. Traditionally the rose is displayed with a petal at the top in the North Riding and West Riding but with a sepal at the top in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Party, a devolutionist political party with elected representatives active in Yorkshire, uses a stylised White Rose of York as their emblem. International uses The Yorkist rose is used in the seal of the City of York, Pennsylvania, which is known as "White Rose City". The town's minor league baseball team, which played in different leagues for several decades, was called the York White Roses. The white rose appears on one of the hats for York's current minor league baseball team, the York Revolution. The hats are worn during War of the Roses games versus the Red Rose City, the Lancaster Barnstormers. The York Rose features on the shield of Canada's York University. The York Rose also features in the emblem of Lenana School, a tier-one High School in Nairobi, Kenya. Lenana School was formerly known as Duke of York School. Queens County, New York uses the white and red rose on the county flag and was named after Catherine of Braganza, spouse of King Charles II who in 1664 sent a fleet to recapture New Amsterdam from the Dutch; the city was renamed "New York" after James, Duke of York, younger brother of King Charles II who succeeded him as King James II. See also Royal Badges of England Wars of the Roses Red Rose of Lancaster Tudor Rose White boar White rose of Lithuanian town Alytus Culture of Yorkshire References External links The White Rose on History of York Wars of the Roses Roses English heraldry Yorkshire culture Heraldic badges