Ted Kaye was interviewed as part of Corinne Segal's piece yesterday in PBS NewsHour Art Beat, What the Confederate flag's design says about its legacy. Some excerpts: In 1861, the National Flag Committee of the Confederate States of America wrote its official guidelines for flag design: A flag should be simple, readily made, and capable of… Continue reading Ted Kaye on the Confederate Flag’s Design
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Need More Confederate Flag News and Commentary?
In addition to looking at old NAVA publications (see above), and perusing Richard Gideon’s American Vexillum™ compendium, you should also check out the Confederate Flag section on Flipboard. Here are some postings that appeared there yesterday: Sophia Tesfaye in Salon, 8 July: A staggering number of Republicans support the Confederate flag, new poll finds Jenny Jarvie in the… Continue reading Need More Confederate Flag News and Commentary?
[reblog] On the meaning and design of a flag
THE CO-OP: A New Zealand Commentary Collective (nzcoop.wordpress.com) has been publishing recently about the flag change debate in that country. Here is an example.
Happy Birthday, 25 of America’s 28 Flags
According to the Flag Act of 1818, when new states are added to the union, corresponding stars are added to the flag on the following Fourth of July. So July 4th is not just the birthday of the US, but also of the 25 flags it has used since 1818. Here are some notable examples:
Popular Posts for June 2015
Here are our 10 most-viewed* posts last month: / 23 Finalists for New Fiji Flag (2,941 views) / Hip Hop and the Confederate Flag (282 views) / Flag Merchants React to Confederate Flag Tipping Point (86 views) / Andy Warhol, NASA, and the Making of "Moonwalk" (71 views) / Mexican-American Flags (53 views) / US State Flag People Puzzle (49 views) / Improving… Continue reading Popular Posts for June 2015
New Fiji Flag Deadline Postponed
UPDATE: Fiji has cancelled its plans to change its flag. It was a very ambitious timetable, and now it has slipped: Fiji's new flag will be adopted not this year, but next, allowing the period of consultation that was to have ended today to now end in six months, at the end of this year. Here… Continue reading New Fiji Flag Deadline Postponed
The Confederate flag? My personal story
Here is another story from a flag merchant who has reconsidered the Confederate flag. Originally posted on Peter Orenski's TMEALF mailing list. The Confederate flag? My personal story, not great, but clear enough. by Lee L Herold, 27 June 2015 In 1967 I was fresh out of college, waiting for active duty in the US Navy… Continue reading The Confederate flag? My personal story
New Glory
The Flags of the World database has this to say about this flag: These flags were a regular production item at the Paramount Flag Co. before 1978 and the subsequent adoption of the rainbow as a symbol of Gay Pride. It was popular with the "Rainbow Children" and other similar counter culture groups. It still… Continue reading New Glory
Annie Platoff on the air
Flag scholar and NAVA vice president Annie Platoff was on the Pacifica radio network yesterday discussing vexillology, the Confederate flag, roots of people's attachment to flags, the Apollo flags on the moon, and Russian and Ukrainian flags. She was a guest on Brad Friedman's "BradCast" at bradblog.com/?p=11241. (Skip 8:40 into the broadcast to hear the flag segment.)
Flag Merchants React to Confederate Flag Tipping Point
As anyone remotely interested in flags knows, this week has seen a tremendous amount of public interest in Confederate flags and their changing meanings -- scrutiny and re-evaluation that has resulted in prominent retailers like Walmart and major flag manufacturers like Annin announcing they will no longer carry these flags. (For comprehensive coverage, see Richard Gideon's… Continue reading Flag Merchants React to Confederate Flag Tipping Point
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