Posted on 02/18/2025 11:58:14 AM PST by Twotone
Democrat legislators in Washington state have mounted a movement to remove George Washington’s face from the state flag.
The image of George Washington on the state flag comes from the state seal, designed in 1889 when the Evergreen State achieved statehood. Washington state law declares, “The official flag of the state of Washington shall be of dark green silk or bunting and shall bear in its center a reproduction of the seal of the state of Washington embroidered, printed, painted or stamped thereon.” The flag was officially adopted on March 5, 1923.
Washington state was named after George Washington and is the only state named after a president.
State Reps. Strom Peterson, Julia Reed, and Greg Nance introduced House Bill 1938, which states, “While George Washington is an important national figure, he has limited historical connection to the state itself. This makes his image less meaningful as a symbol for the state.”
“If House Bill 1938 is enacted, the Washington State Flag Redesign Committee will work toward adopting a new design by July 1, 2028. The proposed design will then be submitted to voters for approval in a general election, ensuring that any change to the state flag reflects the will of Washington’s citizens,” My Northwest reported.
A Washington blogger who is supposed to testify in favor of changing the flag authored a blog titled, “The Washington State flag is deeply and historically bad and we should change it.” “Washington’s flag is uninspired. It was not the result of a broad public process but rather something we arrived at late, 34 years after statehood,” he wrote. “While the name honors a national figure, its origins reflect a moment when the voices of the people living in the region were overlooked. I’m not saying we need to go as far as changing the state’s name (that would be crazy! looks around), but we don’t need to underline it with a state flag.”
George approves
he is embarrassed by this state
btw change the name too
I’m all in favor of it, so long as they rename their state “Democrat Craphole”.
Oh gee, I’d love to see what they would like to replace Washington’s likeness with, lol.
Idiots should take the next logical step and throw away all images they may have of Washington and other dead presidents.
I’ll be glad to take them off their hands. For free even.
― George Orwell, 1984
Someday some stupid leftist is going to accuse me of a hate crime.
And they’d be right.
But of course. It is reprehensible to these liberals that the image of George Washington is on their state flag.
Next up ,the name of the state itself will eventually be deemed reprehensible.
There’s no need for a committee. Just fly the hammer & sickle.
>>Washington state was named after George Washington and is the only state named after a president.
Maybe they should rename the state to “Ziz”, to better reflect their citizenry and its “values”.
Counter proposal: Remove Demonic Party filth from the State of Washington.
Just give the state to Canada and let them deal with it.
Exactly, we should be giving states to Canada instead of the other way around.
With a $3 billion budget deficit, crime and drug use out of control, the legislature is spending time on this woke idea.
They’re being coy about their reason for removing Washington from the State Flag.
It’s about slavery.
Next up, Washingtonians can send me all their quarters & dollar bills.
I am guessing a crossed hammer and sickle.
Rename it the Snowflake State, or the Me Me Me State.
Gay West Idaho?
Likely some kind of DEI, politically correct, environmental, LGBT… inclusive flag.
Nothing that represents the working, family, tax paying, eastern WA, Judeo-Christian values that is the bed rock of our Declaration of Independence, and the constitution of the United States.
That would be racist!
(Spit)
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