Let’s try this again. A team of historians has taken another crack at developing South Carolina’s new state flag design after their first attempt was so widely mocked it had to be scrapped. This time ...

With its broad stripes and bright stars, our nation’s flag demands respect. But ask an expert (which is to say, a vexillologist) and it turns out that all flags are NOT created equal. Mo Rocca takes a ...

But in an historic first for the state and historic last for the country, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill into law on Tuesday that not only removes that battle emblem from its flag, but ...

The Minnesota State Historical Society released the more than 2,000 submissions for the new Minnesota state flag and seal on Wednesday, November 8, as the process of redesigning Minnesota's state ...

Caroline Cummings is an Emmy-winning reporter with a passion for covering politics, public policy and government. She is thrilled to join the WCCO team. MINNEAPOLIS — The panel tasked with replacing ...

A day before Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her presidential running mate, a social media user tried to tie Walz to a new state flag that some have said resembles flags ...

HAVE YOU ever met a vexed vexillologist? This is someone who frets when flags are badly designed. Sadly, too many flags flutter to deceive: they are cluttered with imagery, a mess of colours and all ...

After learning about Betsy Ross, you probably didn’t give much thought to how the subsequent U.S flags were designed. It might seem like a no-brainer; flagmakers just added a new star for every new ...

Maine is seeking design ideas before voters in November determine whether to adopt a new, more distinctive flag. By Amanda Holpuch Anyone with an idea for how the Maine state flag should look has a ...

Minnesota’s contributions to agriculture, timber harvesting, mining, paper production, and food manufacturing are well documented. But creativity, generally, is now one of our state’s most invaluable ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article misstated the year when the Minnesota flag was adopted. It was 1893; the seal featured on the flag was adopted in 1849. The report also misidentified the ...

The Opening Ceremony is a crowd favorite, thanks to the overwrought national showmanship (and the inevitable memes it tends to spawn). Since the very beginning, countries have been symbolically ...