And now, with the recent flag redesign, our new state flag is ranked by vexillologists (“flag experts”) as one of the 10 best state flags in the entire nation. Anita Talsma GaulThe second reason to change the flag is because it is a “cluttered mess.” It violates all the standards of good flag design. The flag commission intentionally adopted a simple design for the new flag, because the best and most distinctive flags are extremely simple. The star is the North Star, because we are the North Star State. There is very little similarity in the new state flag to any existing flag.

Source: Forbes January 29, 2024 04:32 UTC