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==Proposed state flags== ==State flags==


Listed alphabetically with their respective date of proposal: Listed alphabetically with their respective date of proposal:
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===Colorado=== ===Colorado===
{{gallery|File:DAR Colorado Flag design proposal, 1910.svg|(1910)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trembath |first1=Brian K. |title=The Untold Story Behind Colorado's Iconic State Flag |url=https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/story-behind-colorados-iconic-state-flag |website=]|archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422213017/https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/story-behind-colorados-iconic-state-flag |url-status=live }}</ref>}} {{gallery|File:DAR Colorado Flag design proposal, 1910.svg|(1910)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trembath |first1=Brian K. |title=The Untold Story Behind Colorado's Iconic State Flag |url=https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/story-behind-colorados-iconic-state-flag |website=]|archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422213017/https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/story-behind-colorados-iconic-state-flag |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

===Florida===
{{gallery|File:Florida Moseley Flag.svg| (1845)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-flag/floridas-historic-flags/state-flags/state-flag-1845/ |title=State Flag - 1845 |publisher=Florida Department of State}}</ref>}}


===Illinois=== ===Illinois===
{{gallery|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (200).png|#200 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie”>{{Cite web |last=Illinois Flag Commission (Illinois Office of the Secretary of State) |date=December 10, 2024 |title=TOP 10 FINALISTS - New State Flag Design Contest |url=https://www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/10finalists.pdf }}</ref> {{gallery|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (200).png|#200 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie”>{{Cite web |last=Illinois Flag Commission (Illinois Office of the Secretary of State) |date=December 10, 2024 |title=TOP 10 FINALISTS - New State Flag Design Contest |url=https://www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/10finalists.pdf }}</ref>
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (896).png|#869 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (896).jpg|#869 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (2246).png|#2246 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (2246).jpg|#2246 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (2752).png|#2752 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (2752).png|#2752 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (3679).png|#3679 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (3679).jpg|#3679 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (3754).png|#3754 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (3754).jpg|#3754 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4129).png|#4129 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4129).jpg|#4129 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4220).png|#4220 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4220).jpg|#4220 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4321).png|#4321 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” /> |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4321).jpg|#4321 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />
|File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4669).png|#4669 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />}} |File:Flag of Illinois 2025 redesign finalist (4669).png|#4669 (2024)<ref name = “Prairie” />}}


===Indiana=== ===Indiana===
{{gallery|File:Irwin B. Arnold Flag, 1914.svg|(1914)<ref name =”Hoosier”>{{cite book |last1=Reddick |first1=David |title=The Indiana Flag: Who Really Designed It? |date=21 August 2023 |publisher=Fideli Publishing |isbn=978-1-955622-03-5 |pages=34}}</ref> {{gallery|File:Flag of Indiana (1917).png|(1971)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicindianapolis.com/the-who-and-how-of-indianas-state-flag/|title=The Who and How's of Indiana's Flag|website=Historic Indianapolis|first=Tiffany Benedict |last=Browne|date=9 January 2019|access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
|File:Irwin B. Arnold Flag, 1914.svg|(1914)<ref name =”Hoosier”>{{cite book |last1=Reddick |first1=David |title=The Indiana Flag: Who Really Designed It? |date=21 August 2023 |publisher=Fideli Publishing |isbn=978-1-955622-03-5 |pages=34}}</ref>
|File:Centennial Flag.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:Centennial Flag.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” />
|File:The Indian and Pioneer Banner.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:The Indian and Pioneer Banner.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN>{{cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INN19160311-01.1.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Indiana is Hunting for... Official State Flag|work=The Indianapolis News}}</ref>
|File:The Beech Tree and Red Clover Banner.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:The Beech Tree and Red Clover Banner.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>
|File:Sydney Elizabeth Lyon Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:Sydney Elizabeth Lyon Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>
|File:Mrs. K. F. Brook Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:Mrs. K. F. Brook Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>
|File:Charles Carroll Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:Charles Carroll Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>
|File:Miss Gladding Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:Miss Gladding Indiana State Flag Proposal.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>
|File:Indiana State Flag Proposal 1.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:Indiana State Flag Proposal 1.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>
|File:Indiana State Flag Proposal 3.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” /> |File:Indiana State Flag Proposal 3.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>
|File:Indiana State Flag Proposal 2.svg|(1915)<ref name =”Hoosier” />}} |File:Indiana State Flag Proposal 2.svg|(1915)<ref name = TIN/>}}


===Kansas=== ===Kansas===
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===Nevada=== ===Nevada===
{{gallery|File:Nevada Flag (Proposed, 1953).svg|(1953) {{gallery|File:Nevada Flag (Proposed, 1953).svg|(1953)
|File:Proposed Flag of Nevada (2001).svg|(2001)}} |File:Proposed Flag of Nevada (2001).svg|(2001)<ref>{{cite journal| first=John C.| last=Karp Jr.| title=Proposed Redesign Of The Nevada State Flag| journal=NAVA News| issue=171| date=July–September 2001}}</ref>}}

===New Hampshire=== ===New Hampshire===
{{gallery|File:Proposed flag of New Hampshire (2023).svg|(2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-12-26/wave-free-or-die-should-this-be-the-new-state-flag |title=Wave Free or Die: Should this be the new state flag? |author=Todd Bookman |date=26 December 2023 |work=New Hampshire Public Radio}}</ref>}} {{gallery|File:Proposed flag of New Hampshire (2023).svg|(2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-12-26/wave-free-or-die-should-this-be-the-new-state-flag |title=Wave Free or Die: Should this be the new state flag? |author=Todd Bookman |date=26 December 2023 |work=New Hampshire Public Radio}}</ref>}}
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|File:Flag proposed by the Utah State Flag Task Force.svg|(2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jayswal |first1=Palak |date=10 November 2022 |title=New design for Utah's flag: A beehive, mountains and a symbolic star |url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2022/11/10/see-new-design-that-may-replace/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114002452if_/https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2022/11/10/see-new-design-that-may-replace/ |archive-date=14 November 2022|website=The Salt Lake Tribune}}</ref>}} |File:Flag proposed by the Utah State Flag Task Force.svg|(2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jayswal |first1=Palak |date=10 November 2022 |title=New design for Utah's flag: A beehive, mountains and a symbolic star |url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2022/11/10/see-new-design-that-may-replace/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114002452if_/https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2022/11/10/see-new-design-that-may-replace/ |archive-date=14 November 2022|website=The Salt Lake Tribune}}</ref>}}


==Federal Districts== ==Federal District flag==


===Washington, D.C.=== ===Washington, D.C.===
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== References == == References ==
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This is a list of U.S. state flags that have been submitted to state legislatures or have received media coverage.

State flags

Listed alphabetically with their respective date of proposal:

Alaska

  • (1927) (1927)

Arkansas

  • (1912) (1912)

Colorado

  • (1910) (1910)

Illinois

  • #200 (2024) #200 (2024)
  • #869 (2024) #869 (2024)
  • #2246 (2024) #2246 (2024)
  • #2752 (2024) #2752 (2024)
  • #3679 (2024) #3679 (2024)
  • #3754 (2024) #3754 (2024)
  • #4129 (2024) #4129 (2024)
  • #4220 (2024) #4220 (2024)
  • #4321 (2024) #4321 (2024)
  • #4669 (2024) #4669 (2024)

Indiana

  • (1971) (1971)
  • (1914) (1914)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)
  • (1915) (1915)

Kansas

  • (1916) (1916)

Maine

  • (2024) (2024)

Minnesota

  • (1957) (1957)
  • "North Star Flag" (1989) "North Star Flag" (1989)
  • F1953 (2023) F1953 (2023)
  • F2100 (2023) F2100 (2023)
  • F944 "Mirror of the Sky Flag" (2023) F944 "Mirror of the Sky Flag" (2023)
  • F29 "Starflake Flag" (2023) F29 "Starflake Flag" (2023)
  • (2023) (2023)
  • (2023) (2023)

Mississippi

  • (2001) (2001)
  • "Hospitality Flag" (2014) "Hospitality Flag" (2014)

Missouri

  • "Holcomb Flag" (1909) "Holcomb Flag" (1909)

Montana

  • (1974) (1974)
  • (1979) (1979)

Nevada

  • (1953) (1953)
  • (2001) (2001)

New Hampshire

  • (2023) (2023)

New Jersey

  • (2016) (2016)

North Dakota

  • (1951) (1951)

Oregon

  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • (2013) (2013)

Pennsylvania

  • (2004) (2004)
  • (2007) (2007)
  • (2009) (2009)
  • "Keystone Flag "(2017) "Keystone Flag "(2017)

South Carolina

  • Standard A (2020) Standard A (2020)
  • Standard B (2020) Standard B (2020)

South Dakota

  • (2012) (2012)

Utah

  • (1927) (1927)
  • (2019) (2019)
  • (2022) (2022)
  • (2022) (2022)
  • (2022) (2022)
  • (2022) (2022)
  • (2022) (2022)

Federal District flag

Washington, D.C.

  • (1924) (1924)
  • (1924) (1924)
  • (2002) (2002)

References

  1. "The Kids' Gazette for Eight Stars of Gold - flag_gazette.pdf" (PDF). museums.alaska.gov. Alaska State Museum. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.
  2. Ware, David (14 January 2019). "Official State Flag". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  3. Trembath, Brian K. "The Untold Story Behind Colorado's Iconic State Flag". Denver Public Library. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Illinois Flag Commission (Illinois Office of the Secretary of State) (December 10, 2024). "TOP 10 FINALISTS - New State Flag Design Contest" (PDF).
  5. Browne, Tiffany Benedict (9 January 2019). "The Who and How's of Indiana's Flag". Historic Indianapolis. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ Reddick, David (21 August 2023). The Indiana Flag: Who Really Designed It?. Fideli Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-955622-03-5.
  7. ^ "Indiana is Hunting for... Official State Flag". The Indianapolis News.
  8. "Kansas State Flag". Kansas Historical Society. April 2010.
  9. Cook, Emily. "Flag contest winning design unveiled". Wiscasset Newspaper.
  10. "Proposal for a new Minnesota state flag (1957)". Archived from the original on June 17, 2024.
  11. Derosier, Alex (March 25, 2022). "Minnesota's state flag doesn't get much love. Why it vexes experts who want it changed". Duluth News Tribune. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023.
  12. ^ Hoff, Jennifer (November 21, 2023). "Here are the six finalists for a new Minnesota flag". KARE 11.
  13. Stennis, Laurin. "Radiolab: The Flag and the Fury".
  14. "What is the Stennis flag? Why a famous MS senator's granddaughter made her own". Sun Herald. January 22, 2018.
  15. "Kids Page". mo.gov.
  16. "STATE OF MONTANA". The Flag Bulletin. 13 (3): 20.
  17. Reilly, Patrick (2019-08-18). "University of Montana art historian calls for new state flag". The Missoulian.
  18. Karp Jr., John C. (July–September 2001). "Proposed Redesign Of The Nevada State Flag". NAVA News (171).
  19. Todd Bookman (26 December 2023). "Wave Free or Die: Should this be the new state flag?". New Hampshire Public Radio.
  20. Donohue, Brian (2016-06-14). "Here's the flag you chose to replace our drab N.J. state flag". NJ.com.
  21. "North Dakota State Symbols".
  22. Report of The North Dakota State Flag Commission
  23. ^ "Redesign the Oregon flag". The Oregonian. December 11, 2008.
  24. "www.neworegonflag.org". Archived from the original on October 31, 2021.
  25. ^ Aitken, Peter (2020-12-31). "South Carolina debuts new state flag and the public hates it". Fox News.
  26. Hunhoff, Bernie (Jan 24, 2012). "A New Flag for South Dakota". South Dakota Magazine.
  27. Fox, Ron; De Groote, Michael (April 20, 2023). "Raising a flag: The mistakes and struggles that made Utah's state flags". Deseret News.
  28. Wood, Benjamin (February 13, 2019). "Facing dueling state flag proposals, a Utah House committee says deliberation is better than a quick redesign". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  29. ^ Williams, Carter (8 September 2022). "Does one of these flags say 'Utah' to you? Lawmaker teases flag finalist 'sneak peek'". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022.
  30. Jayswal, Palak (10 November 2022). "New design for Utah's flag: A beehive, mountains and a symbolic star". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022.
  31. Washington Coat-of-Arms Favored for District Flag - Evening Star - March 16, 1924 - Page 7
  32. D.C. flag Design Has Three Stars Representing Cities in Original Area - Evening Star - May 02, 1924 - Page 23
  33. "Flags of the World: D.C. Taxation Without Representation flag (U.S.)".
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