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:
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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
The Landscape Flag of Greenland
The distinctive flag of Greenland turns 30 today; Inuit artist and leader Thue Christiansen's design was adopted 21 June 1985. According to its designer it depicts the sun reflecting on the ocean as it sets beneath the horizon, and the glaciers, ice cap, and ice bergs so prominent in the island's landscape. In 2010 artist and University of… Continue reading The Landscape Flag of Greenland
Ted Kaye on a murderer’s choice of flags
The PFA's Ted Kaye appeared on the Slate podcast The Gist, discussing this week's church killings in Charleston, SC.
Improving Boston’s City Flag
The Boston Globe took Flag Day as an opportunity to shine a light today on Boston's city flag and its deficiencies. Ruth Graham's op-ed "Improving Boston's city flag" includes quotes from vexillologists Dave Martucci (of the New England Vexillological Association), the PFA's Ted Kaye, and current NAVA President John Hartvigsen. Martucci points to the current flag's… Continue reading Improving Boston’s City Flag
Portland Flag Association 