Francis Bellamy's 1892 pledge of allegiance to the US national flag is well known. Less well known are the pledges US states have created to their own flags, seventeen in all. With the exception of Florida, all eleven states that seceded during the US Civil War have flag pledges -- though all of these were adopted… Continue reading State Flag Pledges
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Hello, Hello Internet!
Hello Internet (hellointernet.fm, @HelloInternetFM) is a podcast by prolific YouTube celebrities C. G. P. Grey and Brady Haran. Vexillology appears to be a recurring theme. For example, the current episode, H.I. #51: Appropriately Thinking It, includes discussion of the Fiji flag referendum and a design contest they are running to create a Hello Internet flag. As… Continue reading Hello, Hello Internet!
Flag Making for Unity and Pride
Imperial County (California) Supervisor Ryan E. Kelley would like to redesign the little-known flag adopted by the county in 1996 but subsequently forgotten. But this is not another Roman Mars-inspired effort focused on applying principles of good flag design to improve a bad one. Rather, Kelley wants to use not just a new flag itself… Continue reading Flag Making for Unity and Pride
Vexilloid Tabloid #55
Our latest newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid #55, is here! It features: City Flag Redesign (Ted Kaye) Field Report: New England & Canada (Michael Orelove) Field Report: Australia (Ted Kaye) Great Flag Resources on the Web And, as always: notes from our last meeting, the Portland flag miscellany, the What’s that Flag? quiz, and more!
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Flags, Peace, and World War I
To commemorate today's Veterans Day holiday, which arose out of World War I Armistice Day, here are a few flag-related items.
A Flag for All Mississippians
According to its designer the state flag of Mississippi includes the Confederate battle flag in order to "perpetuate in a legal and lasting way that dear battle flag under which so many of our people had so gloriously fought". Dating back to 1894, the design has certainly lasted -- 121 years so far. In the widespread backlash against… Continue reading A Flag for All Mississippians
City Flag Improvement Efforts
Thanks to Roman Mars and Ted Kaye, Good Flag, Bad Flag, and 2015 having become basically the Year of the Flag, there are efforts underway in lots of US cities to improve their municipal flag designs. Here are the cases we know about: Albuquerque, NM; Austin, TX; Billings, MT; Birmingham, AL; Bloomington, IN; Boston, MA; Bowling Green, KY; Columbia, MO; Dallas, TX; El Paso, TX; Grand Rapids,… Continue reading City Flag Improvement Efforts
SF Flag Redesigns
Roman Mars is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, so it is no surprise that the redesign of the San Francisco flag has drawn his attention. In May of this year he announced that his radio show and podcast 99% Invisible was teaming up with design software multinational Autodesk to support a redesign activity, including the… Continue reading SF Flag Redesigns
South Bend Hosts Rule-Based Competition
Add South Bend, Indiana to your list of US cities working on new flag designs this year. If you would like to participate, you have until 5:00 PM Central Time on November 16th to upload a flag design to be considered. (You can also submit by mail or in person.) South Bend's contest is a bit… Continue reading South Bend Hosts Rule-Based Competition
