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.)
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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
Obama Proclaims Flag Day 2015
As every president since Harry S Truman has done each year, at the request of Congress, yesterday Barack Obama proclaimed June 14 to be Flag Day. For more than 200 years, the American flag has been a proud symbol of the people of our Nation and the values for which we stand. In hues of… Continue reading Obama Proclaims Flag Day 2015
Flag Day in the Portland Metro Area
Like the 4th of July, Fort Vancouver across the Columbia River from Portland in Vancouver, Washington hosts the biggest celebration -- though biggest in this case means a few hundred people, not tens of thousands. Here is a list of this and other local Flag Day events, most on the day itself, Sunday, June 14th.… Continue reading Flag Day in the Portland Metro Area
Flag Day, *DC* Flag Day
This Sunday is Flag Day in the United States, celebrating the official adoption of the national flag on 14 June 1777 as the Second Continental Congress decreed: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing… Continue reading Flag Day, *DC* Flag Day
23 (1st Round) “Finalists” for New Fiji Flag
Update: Fiji has cancelled its plans to change its flag. Fiji's National Flag Committee has selected 23 designs from the hundreds submitted as finalists for the new Fijian flag. At newfijiflag.com Fijians and foreigners are able to give their feedback on each of the finalists. In order to interpret the designs, the committee provides this guide… Continue reading 23 (1st Round) “Finalists” for New Fiji Flag
Flags on Artsy
Artsy.net is an online platform for art collecting and education, "making the art world accessible to anyone with an Internet connection". A well-funded startup, it recently made news by hosting the first art auction in which the art objects were algorithms, and makes use of algorithms to structure content on its site in an effort… Continue reading Flags on Artsy
Portland Flag Association 