{"id":2226,"date":"2023-12-20T15:54:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T16:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:06:00","slug":"minnesota-unveils-new-flag-what-states-have-gotten-new-flags-in-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/minnesota-unveils-new-flag-what-states-have-gotten-new-flags-in-recent-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota unveils new flag. What states have gotten new flags in recent years?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minnesota\u2019s new state flag flies.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

A panel tasked with choosing a new Minnesota state flag officially announced the winning design to replace the state flag that has been criticized for being offensive to Native Americans.<\/p>\n

The State Emblems Redesign Commission voted Tuesday on both a new state flag and seal, which will become official April 1, 2024, unless the state Legislature rejects the new designs, The Associated Press<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n

Minnesota\u2019s current state flag features a Native American riding off on a horse as a white settler plows a field with a rifle resting against a stump nearby. <\/p>\n

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The Minnesota state flag is displayed in the state Capitol building rotunda, March 24, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mohamed Ibrahim\/Report for America via Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The new design is much more simplistic. A white eight-pointed star on the left side of the flag references the state motto \u2014 \u201cStar of the North\u201d \u2014 while the dark and light blue panels represent the state\u2019s waterways.<\/p>\n

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The winning design by 24-year-old Andrew Prekker was chosen from more than 2,600 submissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my greatest hope that this new flag can finally represent our state and all its people properly,\u201d Prekker said<\/a>. \u201cThat every Minnesotan of every background \u2014 including the Indigenous communities and tribal nations who\u2019ve been historically excluded \u2014 can look up at our flag with pride and honor, and see themselves within it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minnesota is the latest state to opt for a more minimalistic state flag. Here\u2019s a look at the states that have adopted new flags in recent years:<\/p>\n

Utah<\/h3>\n

In 2023, the Utah Legislature passed a law creating a new state flag<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The old design is a seal-on-a-bedsheet<\/a> flag featuring an eagle, two American flags, a beehive and more, on a dark blue background.<\/p>\n

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The old Utah flag flies over the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Scott G Winterton, Deseret News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The new design \u201cpays homage to the state\u2019s snow-capped mountain peaks,  red-rock canyons and nickname, the Beehive State,\u201d according to The New York Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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New Utah state flag.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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State of Utah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Mississippi<\/h3>\n

In January 2021, Mississippi officially replaced<\/a> its old state flag, a controversial design that featured the Confederate battle emblem. <\/p>\n

Mississippi was the last state to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its flag, according to The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The old Mississippi state flag flies outside the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi, June 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rogelio V. Solis, Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The new design features the state\u2019s flower \u2014 a magnolia \u2014 and the phrase \u201cIn God We Trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The new design of the Mississippi state flag displayed outside the Old State Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson, Miss on Sept. 2, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rogelio V. Solis, Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

States considering changing their flags<\/h3>\n

Other states that are considering officially changing their state flag include:<\/p>\n

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  • Michigan.<\/li>\n
  • Illinois.<\/li>\n
  • Maine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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