Posted on 06/22/2024 12:16:27 PM PDT by fwdude
Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag, but the state needs to settle on a design first.
Anyone can submit a design proposal as long as it's based on the state's original flag, which featured a simple pine tree and blue star against an off-white background. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the flag contest Friday. The deadline is July 19.
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There is a farmer holding a sickle. Obviously they need to add a hammer. Also there’s a moose—need to add a flying squirrel.
Great minds think alike.
Not a white flag!
The rules probably call for a flag that contains at least 15 different colors.
Needs more Somali and Islam
Related:
Why is the British flag in the Hawaiian flag?
Unlike any other U.S. state flag, it uniquely incorporates the national flag of a foreign country. King Kamehameha I designed this flag, blending elements from Britain, America, and Hawaiʻi. In the top left corner, the Union Jack pays homage to the historical ties between the Royal Navy and the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Eight horizontal stripes on the flag symbolize the eight major Hawaiian Islands, while the colors echo both the Union Jack and the U.S. national flag.
More at:
https://ltgov.hawaii.gov/virtual-tour-history-of-the-hawai%CA%BBi-flag/
Leave the flag alone.
Aren’t there more important things for politicians to worry about?
That sort of thing may sound like a good idea, until they actually do it.
The new flags are usually meaningless. They don’t relate to anything specific to the state.
Foreign countries have their traditional national colors that can be put together in a simple geometrical pattern, but flags like that won’t have any meaning if every state adopts one.
It’s a trap. Look what they did to the Minnesota flag.
What a boring flag.
“Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat”
Minnesota recently went through this redesign the flag foolishness. The new flag looks like it was designed by kindergarten kids or a cubist minimalist. It also has many similarities with the Somali and Palestinian flags. You would think that removing Aunt Jamima from syrup bottles and the Indian maiden from butter boxes would have solved our racial issues
I guess it is a scythe. How much difference is there between a scythe and a sickle? Does the scythe have a longer blade?
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