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Related: About this forumLawmaker wants to redesign Maine's state flag
AUGUSTA Rep. Janice Cooper thinks its time to freshen up Maines state flag, and to do so she is leaning on the one of the banners first incarnations.
Cooper, a Yarmouth Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that would see the state lower its current flag, which features the state seal on a field of blue, and raise a new version that depicts a lone pine tree and a blue star on a field of light yellow. The design was adopted as the state flag in 1901 but in 1909 it was retired in favor of the current flag.
The state seal on the current flag includes a pine tree with a bull moose resting beneath it and a star, representing the North Star, above it with the states Latin motto, Dirigo, in gold letters on a red sash. The pine tree is flanked by a fisherman and farmer, representing the states connection to agriculture and the sea. The word Maine, in white letters on a light blue sash, stretches out below the seal.
A public hearing on Coopers proposal will be held Monday before the Legislatures State and Local Government Committee. Maine is not alone in considering a flag redesign, as other states, including Utah, are also contemplating retiring theirs. Critics dismiss flags that are built around a states seal as S.O.B.s for seals on a bedsheet. They prefer designs that are sleeker, simpler and memorable.
Read more: https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/03/04/lawmaker-wants-to-redesign-maines-state-flag/
rampartc
(5,835 posts)i think the flags (including my own state) with state seals are too "busy"
peacefreak2.0
(1,026 posts)It looks like it was picked out of salvage fabric bin at Mardens.
janterry
(4,429 posts)of any of the states, imo
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)This ones fucking ugly!
Tien1985
(920 posts)That our politicians spend on this should have to be reimbursed from their own pocket.
Id get it if they were trying to move away from a racist flag or something, but we have so many other things going on. I just cant see how this is necessary.