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Minnesota has unveiled a new state flag design to replace one that was considered racist by many Native American leaders. The waving symbol, which was adopted in 1957 and based on an 1893 design, ...
The Minnesota state flag is displayed in the state Capitol building rotunda, March 24, 2022, in St. Paul, Minnesota. - Mohamed Ibrahim/Report for America/AP
Flag of Minnesota. The state flag of the U.S. state of Minnesota consists of a dark blue field representing the night sky and the state's shape, an eight-pointed star representing the North Star, and a bright blue field representing the state's abundant waters; the star is based on one prominently featured in the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda.
A state commission went to work Tuesday on designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota to replace a current emblem in both that's considered offensive to Native Americans. One of the main ...
The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota is the state seal of the U.S. state of Minnesota.It was adopted on May 11, 2024, alongside the state flag, for Statehood Day.It features a common loon, Minnesota's state bird, wild rice, the state grain, and the North Star, representing the state's motto (L'Étoile du Nord), and is themed around Minnesota's nature.
Minnesota schoolchildren have been the force behind the successful promotion of four official symbols: the blueberry muffin (1988), the monarch butterfly (2000), the Honeycrisp apple (2006), and ice hockey (2009). The 1918 black-and-white photograph Grace, taken by Eric Enstrom in Bovey and later reproduced as a color painting by his daughter ...
Following yearslong efforts by vexillologists—flag experts—to change the state’s flag, Minnesota’s state legislature appropriated $45,000 to the SERC in April to be used for a redesign ...
While the new flag might strike some critics as uninspired — and a waste of time and the $35,000 budgeted for the commission — the change is important to many Native Americans in a state where ...