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Most U.S. state flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and World War I. [ 1] The most recently adopted state flag is that of Minnesota, adopted on May 11, 2024; while the most recently adopted territorial flag is that of the Northern Mariana Islands, adopted on July 1, 1985. The flag of the District of Columbia was adopted in 1938.
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored.
The basic design of the current flag is specified by 4 U.S.C. § 1 (1947): "The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field."
Adopted. 1976 [ 1 ] Design. An interchangeable variant of the national flag with lighter shades. The national flag of France (French: drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side ), white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the Tricolour (French: Tricolore ), although the flag of Ireland ...
The Berber flag or Amazigh flag is an ethnic flag used as a common symbol of related ethnic groups in North Africa. The flag was created to symbolize culture, but with the rise of Berberism it also began to be used in political contexts. [ 1][ 2] The flag was inaugurated in Wadya, a town of Kabylia situated in Tizi Ouzou, a province of Algeria ...
Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam: Use: War flag: Proportion: 2:3: Design: A golden star centered on a red field, and yellow words Quyết thắng (Determining to win) in the upper canton. Designed by: Design is a variant of the flag of Vietnam: Flag of the Vietnam People's Public Security: Use: Police flag : Proportion: 2:3: Design
This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi ...
The flag of the U.S. state of Colorado was officially adopted on June 5, 1911. The flag, designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson, [ a] consists of a fess design of three horizontal stripes of equal width, with the top and bottom stripes colored blue, and the middle stripe colored white. A circular red "C", filled with a golden disk, sits atop the ...