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When it comes to flag design, any vexillologist (ie., flag designer) will tell you there are a few best practices to keep in mind. In fact, NAVA published a booklet on the subject in 2006 called ...
For more than a century, Utah’s flag has paid homage to the state’s founding settlers: the sego lilies they subsisted on when food was scarce, a beehive symbolizing their communal spirit. From ...
The State Emblems Redesign Commission selected this design as the final concept for the new Minnesota state flag on Dec. 15, 2023. (Courtesy of the State Emblems Redesign Commission) After months ...
Mississippi Mississippi 'mosquito flag' design swatted away, blamed on typo “The mosquitoes, it’s their state, we’re just living in it," the flag's designer says ...
The commission must submit the winning design to the Legislature and governor by Jan. 1. A new flag is expected to make its debut on May 11, Minnesota’s 166th birthday.
The Legion unveiled a new flag retirement drop box in the Legion parking lot. The drop box, which was nearing its end of life ...
Sen. Doris Turner, a Springfield Democrat who sponsored the 2023 bill leading to the design contest, said in a January interview that the flag competition process did not cost the state any money ...
The new Minnesota state flag will officially be raised across the state on Saturday. So, what does the flag look like and what's the meaning behind its design?
Minnesota Republicans unhappy with flag redesign 02:12. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republicans at the Capitol are trying to take Minnesota's new state flag back to the drawing board before it even debuts ...
If the flag indeed is changed, it would be the first modification to the design since it was first adopted in 1915, and since 1969 when the word “Illinois” was added underneath.