During the Fiesta de Santa Fe every summer, many attendees might notice wooden, shield-shaped objects hanging from the outsides of buildings around the Plaza. These objects are known as coats of arms ...

Creating a coat of arms has become a new luxury symbol. Heraldic symbols have been a thing among nobility since the Middle Ages, with many existing coats of arms dating back centuries. But more ...

Bexar County and San Antonio each have an official coat of arms. The county’s heraldic bearings are on the uniforms of sheriff's deputies and the fire marshal. San Antonio used to have the original ...

Bishop David Toups was on a plane to Florida, returning from his introduction to members of the Diocese of Beaumont as its sixth bishop, when he began sketching out the idea for his personal coat of ...