Others wished there were more literal depictions of Minnesota icons, like designs of the state bird, a loon, or a walleye. Joe, a 37-year-old St. Cloud resident said the new flag sets itself apart ...

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“The old flag of Minnesota violated every principle, opens new tab of good flag design,” Brian Cham, a North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) member who advised the SERC, said in an emai ...

Minnesota's likely new state flag features an eight-pointed North Star on a dark blue ... who live more in the state's north. The old seal, which featured a barefoot white farmer and a spear-wielding ...

Ultimately, the commission voted to choose 24-year-old Minnesota resident Andrew Prekker ... by the simplicity and popularity of state flags like New Mexico, Colorado, and Tennessee, all of ...

Becker County Administrator Carrie Smith displays the old state flag still being used in the county board room. (Karen Tolkkinen/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Illinois will accept submissions for a new state ... flag replaced an old flag that pictured a Native American that some critics argued was racist. Similar to Illinois, Minnesota state officials ...

THE FACTS: Minnesota did unfurl a new state flag and accompanying seal in May, but the changes were made to replace an old design that Native Americans said reminded them of painful memories of ...

Andrew Prekker, a 24-year-old Minnesotan artist whose ... rejection by the state legislature, the new flag will become official on 11 May - Minnesota's Statehood Day. The current flag, which ...