State Flags of the United States

https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/education/arkansas-history/history-of-the-flag Apr 9, 2024 "Hocker’s design featured a rectangular red field upon which was centered a white rhombus diamond bordered by twenty-five white stars on a blue band. Three blue stars, centered on the flag’s horizontal axis on a white field within the rhombus, completed the plan. The three blue stars in the center field bore several meanings: first, that Arkansas had successively belonged to three countries—France, Spain, and the United States—before statehood; second, that 1803 was the year of the Louisiana Purchase, which included present-day Arkansas; third, that Arkansas was the third state created from the purchase. The twenty-five white stars symbolized that Arkansas was the twenty-fifth state admitted to the Union. The diamond marked Arkansas’s status as the nation’s only diamond-producing state." Arkansas Secretary of State

https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2024/03/09/new-utah-flag-official-start-date Mar 9, 2024 "Portraying a beehive surrounded by a hexagon and symbols evoking Utah’s iconic mountains, canyons, open skies and a star, the banner is set to replace the flag that was adopted on March 9, 1911, which features the state seal — including an eagle, a much smaller beehive, two U.S. flags and the word “industry” — on a field of blue...The adoption of the new flag doesn’t mean that the older one will be put to rest, a 2023 news release from Gov. Spencer Cox’s office reads. The 1911 flag will now be referred to as the “historic state flag,” and will be flown along the new banner at all times at the state Capitol and at state buildings on certain holidays." Utah News Dispatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIxtD9cwj2g Apr 27, 2020 We challenged 50 people, one from each state in the U.S., to describe their state flag from memory. The results were encouraging! Texas, California, and Maryland might be familiar to you, but how about the rest? Do you know what your state flag looks like? Condé Nast Traveler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAXE4YiocpI Sep 1, 2017 Cool Links: North American Vexillological Association - http://nava.org/ "Good Flag, Bad Flag" PDF - https://nava.org/digital-library/design/GFBF_English.pdf​ Buy "Good Flag, Bad Flag" on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/097477281X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_ozxLzb1DAMCVB​ Flag Waver - https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver/​ "United We Stand" Redesign - https://www.bresslergroup.com/blog/united-we-stand/​ Hello_Im_Zach's Redesign - https://redd.it/5v89hg​ "State Sigils" Redesign - http://imgur.com/a/5gaMk/all  Roman Mars TED Talk on City Flags - https://youtu.be/pnv5iKB2hl4  Vexillographer's "Ten Worst U.S. State Flags" - https://youtu.be/NkKTuz6UJ98  Vexillology Subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/ 50 States Toothpick Flags on Amazon - http://a.co/751i7Ef Linopa Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZHb82fdoo Nov 16, 2020 Names can be turned on in captions. An animation I created back in April—since then Mississippi has created and approved a new flag, so I redid the animation to include it. I've included the flags of every state, as well as the territories and DC. Music: The US Army Band's performance of The Star Spangled Banner Geobica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD007McjhQQ Jan 12, 2021 In the November 2020 elections, Mississippi adopted a new state flag! This video was originally a project for my Advanced Motion Graphics class. Linopa Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObJZ4LiP0g Sep 2, 2024 A historic flag that was embroidered by a woman known as 'Utah's Betsy Ross' nearly a century ago is coming back to the state after being displayed regularly and preserved at the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge Historic Park in Philadelphia. FULL STORY: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/how-a-hand-sewn-utah-state-flag-is-being-preserved-following-design-change FOX 13 News Utah