Can you help identify a couple hard-to-identify flags? The first appears in this photo of a group of women dressed in ethnic clothing from early in the 20th century. They display a US flag and a tribar with what appears to be a mounted horseman, perhaps brandishing a sword. If you have an idea what it is,… Continue reading Mystery Flags
Month: October 2015
Designs Sought for New Milwaukee Flag
Update: Robert Lenz's design "Sunrise Over the Lake" won the contest. Steve Kodis is on a mission to create a new flag for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His group, Milwaukee Flag, is currently soliciting designs from the public. Anyone is invited to submit a design (up to five of them, actually), until the deadline of… Continue reading Designs Sought for New Milwaukee Flag
Birmingham (Alabama) Flag Project Wants Your Vote
Public voting for a new flag for Birmingham, Alabama ends at midnight (Central time) on Friday, October 23rd. Here are the three candidates to consider. Please visit each design's profile to learn more about it, and to see "applied uses of the design" -- a smart nod to the requirement that a flag design function… Continue reading Birmingham (Alabama) Flag Project Wants Your Vote
Vexilloid Tabloid #54
In the latest edition of our newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, you can read about: New Zealand's Flag Change (Ted Kaye) Digitally Reimagining the US Flag (Scott Mainwaring) The Red Cross Flag (Michael Orelove) The Timber's Army Flag And, as always: notes from our last meeting, the Portland flag miscellany, the What’s that Flag? quiz, and… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #54
Portland Flag Association 