Monday, October 28, 2002
State Flags, Day 7
Into the home stretch, sorta ...
NEW MEXICO
Yellow field with a red sun symbol (from the Zia Indians) in the center.
Boom! This is what a good flag looks like. Simple, to the point, and effective. Not quite 10 level (almost too simple), but very close.
Yellow and red for the old Spanish colony days, and the sun is an effective symbol of the Southwestern Indian population.
The Zia sun symbol = New Mexico.
Piece of cake.
One of the nation's best flags.
NEW YORK
Dark blue field with the state coat of arms in the center. Coat of arms features Liberty and Justice flanking a shield, which depicts a Hudson River / boat scene. Below the shield is a ribbon reading "EXCELSIOR," while above it is an eagle sitting atop the globe.
Snoozeriffic and annoying. At least the words are minimal.
Yeah, that REALLY looks like the Hudson River, though one might take the eagle on the globe to imply Empire State.
Doesn't say "NEW YORK," but how many people know "EXCELSIOR" is NY's motto?
Detailed figures. Need I say more?
I Don't Love New York.
NORTH CAROLINA
Blue union spans the full hoist of the flag. Remainder of fly is a red bar atop a white bar. Center of the union rectangle features a small white star with the letters "N" and "C" flanking it. Above the star & letters is a ribbon reading "MAY 20, 1775." Below is a ribbon reading "APRIL 12, 1776."
Yes, this looks like the Texas flag. They ripped us off. Then added words. Morons. (NC adopted 1865. Texas adopted 1839.)
Originally, the April 12, 1776 thing was May 20, 1861, for NC's secession. They changed it after the Civil War. Still, this is pretty lame.
You'd have to be a blithering idiot or not American to not equate NC with North Carolina.
Not too hard.
They need a new flag, too. It could be a lot better.
NORTH DAKOTA
Blue field with American Eagle in the center. Eagle holds arrows and olive branch in its claws, and an "Old Glory" shield on its breast. In its beak is a ribbon bearing the words "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and above that is a fanning sun containing 13 stars in two semicircles. Beneath the eagle is a banner reading "NORTH DAKOTA."
First and Third Laws broken here. Looks more like a cabinet office flag than a state flag.
Well, there's no mistaking that North Dakota's a US State ...
Highest score they're getting.
Eagle and Ribbons. No joy.
Wow. You'd think they'd have more time to come up with something good in North Dakota.
OHIO
One of the few official pennant flags in the world, the swallowtail design is the "Ohio burgee." Field consists of a blue triangle and five alternating red and white stripes. In the blue triangle are two concentric circles (red inside white), surrounded by 17 stars, in groups of 13 and 4.
It's unique, it's a pennant, it's fairly simple color-wise ... Ohio is cool.
There's kind of an O there ... and it was the 17th state ...
It's all about the burgee, baby.
Simple, but the pennant makes for some odd angles.
It's a good thing.
# posted by Eric @ 1:19 AM 
