The State Flag of Minnesota
The U.S. counts dozens if not hundreds of different flags that are flown from aluminum flag poles to represent the Nation, the respective states and territories. One such state is the state of Minnesota, which is located in the mid-western part of the country. The MN flag has been the state’s flag from some fifty years and displays the seal of MN in the center.
The Minnesota flag is not the oldest flag hoisted on flag poles in modern days. State flags have been subject to change over the course of many years and the same applies to Minnesota. In fact, the first flag was flown during the late years of the 1800-s. At that time one side was white whereas the other was colored blue. In 1957 changes were made to that flag such that it became the one that flies or represents the state today.
The initial flag that was hoisted on flag poles of all kinds during the late years of the 1800-s was designed by the so called Amelia Hyde Center. The first flag of MN featured the Minnesota seal on a blue colored background. A red colored ribbon featured in the seal showed the motto: “L’etoile de nord,” which is French for the North Star.
The current Minnesota flag has been subject to a substantial amount of criticism over the years. This is not the case for the flag of Minnesota alone. A number of state flags are said to have a poor flag design. Criticism has been that the image of the MN state seal is a depiction of so called “Manifest Destiny,” and the inevitability of land being taken by white settlers.
A commonality among all 50 state flags that are hoisted on commercial and residential flag poles is the use of a blue colored background, officially called a flag field. Whenever the flag of Minnesota is displayed in combination with Old Glory, the national flag of the U.S., it is to be flown below Old Glory. Available at flag and flag pole suppliers throughout the Nation, it is commonly manufactured from good materials, including polyester.
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