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And the dagger through the crown keeps the old theme of Virginia’s opposition to tyrants and monarchs. You can see the new flag at For people who would would like to compare the entries to see whether the entries were simple, and whether they were ageless, I include a link to the entries collection: Divided blue over white, with a narrow yellow stripe along the field boundary, the seal in the upper hoist, 14 yellow triangles in an arch resembling a rising sun, and the name PITT COUNTY (in blue) and NORTH CAROLINA (in black) on the white field in a fancy irregular script. My variant uses the purple that’s become Minnesota’s unofficial state color (possibly due to the Vikings and/or Prince). No one wants to read when they look at a flag. Thus, I’ve replaced these with the state colors of orange and white, and made the overall symbols a little larger and bolder.
State seal. save hide report. North Carolina has an interesting flag, designed by a Confederate veteran after the war, to replace the flag flown during the Civil War. Rhode Island’s flag is better than most. The sun’s twelve rays are meant to be evocative of a clock, continuing the midnight theme. This is a flag that I think New Yorkers could be proud of. This makes South Carolina’s flag look so much like the flag of an Islamic country, that would be perfectly at home on the Arabian peninsula. Oh look—it’s a state seal on a blue field. Missouri’s flags is one of those frustrating flags that, although it’s overcomplicated and awful, My revamp runs with the “Crossroads of America” motto. Broken Chain Link high lighted with a star. My design takes brown and orange to represent the state’s soil and agriculture, and adds in three stylized sunflowers to represent its people, always looking toward brightness. Oklahoma . All-in-all, this makes for a much more distinctive flag. As with the previous symbols, the bear represents strength and bravery, while the crescent moon is for newness and potential for growth. Easily confused with Alabama, but made worse by the seal. The flag is mostly blue for the sky, with the purple mountains that give Montana its name. North Carolina "The North Carolina flag features the horn of Plenty, which is depicted on The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in the middle of the old colonies. The beehive is taken from the current flag, but enlarged and stylized. The makers of the seal wanted the commonwealth to have a seal that harkened back to the Roman Republic. It keeps the sandy background reminiscent of Navajo sand paintings, with the rainbow symbolizing Navajo sovereignty. Finally, I have reworked the colors to be the state colors of blue, green, and cranberry, making this flag very distinctive at a distance.
I dropped the royal symbolism and flipped the colors, to show New Hampshire’s egalitarian, rebellious spirit. Although the first powered flight took place in North Carolina, Ohio is the birth state of Orville Wright one of the inventors of the aeroplane. In fact, the top blue star explicitly represents the Confederacy! My redesign is far less complicated. The copper color represents the copper mined here, from whence Cyprus derives its name. Laissez les bon temps rouler! The chevron on top represents our namesake, Mt. Amidst the backdrop of a fractious, fighting Congress, Ed Mitchell decided to come up with a single visual language that could be used to redesign every state flag. The stars are used are to represent the original Thirteen Colonies, with twelve in the circle with the thirteenth in the middle to represent North Carolina (And yes, I know North Carolina was the twelfth state to join the Union, but I wasn't sure how to implement that without messing the pattern). It has to go. Redesigns. It’s debatable whether or not it really has any secret Confederate symbolism. Another state seal on blue. Nah.
Pitt County is dissatisfied with his flag. Minnesota’s flag is complicated, unrecognizable, and just plain awful. To the best of my knowledge, it has no current flag! Another design for a Virginia state flag. The stars are to represent the Guilford Courthouse Flag that was flown by the Patriots at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781.
It’s old too—it dates from 1845. This is poor flag design in action. North Carolina Silhouette With Flag Clipart. For my design, I took the idea of the “Land of the Midnight Sun”, with a yellow on a black field. Still, I don’t think it represents the modern state very well. As of 2000, the population was 77,415. We are fifty states who have come together to form a supernational federation. It’s also meant to evoke a compass rose. This would be a distinctive flag, far more recognizable at a distance than what the current one is. The state motto “Sic Semper Tyrannis” (“Thus Always to Tyrants”) reflects this. I like it. My version starts with bold stripes of the state colors of red and white. In my design the white rose represents Yorkshire and the House of York. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. I’m not happy with the red and white pieces of this flag being used by Maryland secessionists during the Civil War...but at least it’s not the Confederate Battle Flag.
Here is a distinctive state flag that would be easily recongizable. The crescent and palmetto aren’t too complicated, and they can be recognized from afar. There’s so much irony here, that I find it hysterical.)
