By Ted Kaye, revised by Scott Mainwaring Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #31 & #32, Dec '11 & Feb '12 Occupy Portland, the protest movement and encampment in downtown Portland, has used flags in interesting ways. Ted Kaye observed a march in late October in which the flags used included USA, Cascadia, Tunisia, and red (IWW)… Continue reading Flags and Occupy Portland (2011)
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South Dakota Proposals (2012)
By Patrick Genna, revised by Scott Mainwaring Originally published in Vexilloid Tabloid #34 (June 2012) In February a South Dakota House panel rejected a proposal to change the state flag. Its design was first adopted in 1909, updated in 1963, and again in 1992. (There is a short YouTube video explaining the evolution.) Using the… Continue reading South Dakota Proposals (2012)
What If There Were No Third Flag Act?
Blog post by Scott Mainwaring On April 4, 1818 the US Congress enacted the following: An Act to establish the flag of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress Assembled, That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of… Continue reading What If There Were No Third Flag Act?
What’s that Flag? (from VexTab #50)
By David Koski Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #50, February 2015 Can you distinguish 12 national flags using only their average color? Email your answers to quiz@portlandflag.org, or wait for the solution to be revealed in the next Vexilloid Tabloid.
World Population Flags
By David W. Ferriday Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #31, December 2011 See also: United Nation News Centre: As world passes 7 billion milestone, UN urges action to meet key challenges. October 31, 2011. Seven Billion. National Geographic's year-long series on population Human Population Reaches 7 Billion--How Did This Happen and Can It Go On? By David Biello, Scientific… Continue reading World Population Flags
The Vexilloid Tabloid – 50th edition!
The February 2015 edition of our newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, is the fiftieth we've published! As always, it's available as a PDF file on this site. You can also get it and future issues delivered to your inbox by emailing your request to subscribe@portlandflag.org. VexTab 50 features: The Vexilloid Tabloid at 50 Issues (Ted Kaye)… Continue reading The Vexilloid Tabloid – 50th edition!
The Seal of the State of Jefferson
By Michael Orelove Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #31, December 2011 Kathleen Forrest and I recently drove from Portland to the San Francisco area and passed through the State of Jefferson (parts of southern Oregon and northern California). We carried a flag of the State of Jefferson on their trip. The flag bears a reproduction of the… Continue reading The Seal of the State of Jefferson
New Wave: Facts About Flags [book review]
By Ted Kaye Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #31, December 2011 Many of us like to give flag books as gifts to those who don’t yet fully understand why flags appeal to us. Here’s one that merits a place in the “present drawer”. New Wave is not the typical flag book—a compilation of flags of the world… Continue reading New Wave: Facts About Flags [book review]
A Flag for All Mankind in the 21st Century
By David W. Ferriday Originally published in The Vexilloid Tabloid #31, December 2011 There are thousands of flags representing many different groups of people around the world. The United Nations flag and the Olympic flag are the most inclusive. But there is, I believe, a need for a flag that represents each and every one of us, as… Continue reading A Flag for All Mankind in the 21st Century
Delacroix and Charlie Hebdo
In Liberty Leading the People, Delacroix created what is arguably the single most famous depiction of any flag, and certainly of the French tricolor. The central figure, the personification of Liberty (and of the French nation), brandishing the flag in one hand, a rifle in the other, climbs over her fallen comrades urging "the people" on to victory.… Continue reading Delacroix and Charlie Hebdo
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