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The state flag of the U.S. state of West Virginia was officially adopted by the West Virginia Legislature on March 7, 1929. The present flag consists of a pure white field bordered by a blue stripe with the coat of arms of West Virginia in the center, wreathed by Rhododendron maximum and topped by an unfurled red ribbon reading, "State of West Virginia."
Maine had put a flag redesign on the ballot in November 2024, but the redesign had failed the vote. [2] [3] Despite a variety of designs, the majority of the states' flags share the same design pattern consisting of the state seal superimposed on a monochrome background, commonly a shade of blue, which remains a source of criticism from ...
This is a list of U.S. state flags that have been submitted to state legislatures or have received media coverage. State flags
West Virginia: 1907 1929 West Virginia: Wisconsin: 1866 1913 1981 Wisconsin: Wyoming: 1917 Wyoming: State Current State Pre-1800s 1800s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
However, House Bill 1938 sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Seattle, would create a State Flag Redesign Committee that would look at up to five potential new flag designs, with one sent to voters ...
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A bill was introduced to the Michigan House of Representatives that, if passed, would have the state adopt a new flag on Jan. 1, 2026. Rep. Phil Skaggs (D-East Grand ...
In 1885, Ghevont Alishan, an Armenian Catholic priest and historian proposed 2 Armenian flags. One of which is a horizontal tricolor flag of red-green-white, with red and green coming from the Armenian Catholic calendar, with the first Sunday of Easter being called "Red Sunday", and the second Sunday being "Green Sunday", with white being added for design reasons.