Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I admit it. I'm a Vexillophile. I love flags. I've had a fascination with flags since I was a little boy. One of the reasons I enjoy miniature wargaming the Napoleonic Wars is because of the plethora of flags. In the same vein, I love our state flags. Fifty (50) different flags. Some I think are more interesting than others. If you would please, out of our 50 state flags, which are your five favorites? My five (5) favorite state flags are: 1. Arizona 2. Texas 3. New Mexico 4. Georgia 5. Maryland . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Texas New Mexico Tenn. Arizona Colorado bonus: Ohio cause it's the only one that's not a rectangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 You and Sheldon Cooper! New Mexico Arizona Ohio Texas Maryland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 By appearances only 1 Arizona 2 Arkansas 3 Texas 4 South Carolina 5 Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I like Georgia. The damn Yankee social justice warriors raised all kinds of hell. "You can't have that awful Confederate states bull crap on the flag. You MUST change it." So they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 When we were staying with my sister in law last year in Charlotte, there was a Covid press conference on tv one day. Seeing as how Charlotte is just a few miles from the SC border we would get a lot of SC stations. Not knowing the local officials while a governor was speaking I noticed the state and US flags on the stage and asked my SIL if that was a North or South Carolina flag. “Oh I don’t know, I don’t pay attention to stuff like that” Knowing she grew up in Florida I asked her if she knew what the Florida state flag looked like. After thinking a few minutes she asked, “Does it have an eagle on it?” I guess she really didn’t pay attention. Oy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 By look only: Texas California Maryland Virginia Puerto Rico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Eye Ned Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hello, everyone. My name is “Ned” and I am also a vexillofile. I’ve got about 30. It started when we were kids playing battle, and my brother designed as flag out of a white sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 CA, AZ, CO. OH, and MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1. Texas 2. Arizona 3. New Mexico 4. Wyoming 5. Toss-up between Alaska and Hawaii Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1. Central Arizona 2. Northern Arizona 3. Southern Arizona 4. Western Arizona 5. Eastern Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 A friend of mine's wife has a business restoring museum flags. She learned her trade working for the National Park Service in Harper's Ferry, WV. He ended up buying a new, but unfinished restaurant to house her processing tanks. It is a very slow and precise process. She has done work for some really wealthy folks, including a Texas billionaire who collects US Civil War regimental flags. These have been rolled up for perhaps 150+ years. Some folks take collecting flags to interesting levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I often have an Ohio flag on our guncart when shooting out of state. Most people are unfamiliar with Ohio's swallowtail design and don't realize that it is a state flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cross, SASS #13848 L Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Wyoming, (of course) Arizona, Texas, Colorado, California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Eye Ned Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Sixgun Seamus said: I often have an Ohio flag on our guncart when shooting out of state. Most people are unfamiliar with Ohio's swallowtail design and don't realize that it is a state flag. My wife is from OH, and my first trip to her hometown to meet her parents was an eye-opening, fun experience, including spotting the different shape of the state flag. Then, I had a buckeye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 7:11 PM, Alpo said: I like Georgia. The damn Yankee social justice warriors raised all kinds of hell. "You can't have that awful Confederate states bull crap on the flag. You MUST change it." So they did. And the social justice windowlickers are just fine with the new one. Goes to show you just how little American History is taught in schools. It also shows that their complaints were more about imposing their will on others than any sort of principled stance. (For those that are confused, if you take the State Seal off the blue field on the current flag and substitute a circle of 13 white stars, you will have the 1st, or Provisional, Confederate National Flag.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Here's another to consider (unfortunately, I currently reside in Marion County, 15 minutes from Salem) State of Jefferson History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Eye Ned Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Top five favorite state flags: 1). Texas ( because I live here) 2). Ohio (wife born there) 3). Tennessee (born there) 4). Alaska. (It’s cool) 5). Arkansas (because I lived there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 11 hours ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: Kind of surprised that you didn't go old(er) school with: since it dates back to 1810 and the Republic of West Florida. Also the Republic of Texas "Burnet Flag" (OK, that one had either a yellow or white star, with yellow being more common), as well as the early Confederacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Missouri Arkansas Texas Wyoming Alabama I also liked the Bonnie Blue (not picture) STL Suomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Kind of surprised that you didn't go old(er) school with: since it dates back to 1810 and the Republic of West Florida. Also the Republic of Texas "Burnet Flag" (OK, that one had either a yellow or white star, with yellow being more common), as well as the early Confederacy. It was also used as a battle flag for one of the Confederate armies, if memory serves. It's also the national flag of Somalia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 LOYALTY requires that I select Idaho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: It was also used as a battle flag for one of the Confederate armies, if memory serves. It's also the national flag of Somalia. Hurrah, hurrah For states' rights hurrah Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That wears a single star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Alpo said: Hurrah, hurrah For states' rights hurrah Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That wears a single star We sang that song in grade school. But, in the early 60's, political correctness had not yet run rampant and we sang, "for SOUTHERN rights hurrah" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 When living in Alabama, a retired O-6 Army friend of mine said he wondered why so many people had a front license plate of an Air Force Brigadier General's flag. I got tickled but explained to him about "The Bonnie Blue Flag." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Arizona Texas New Mexico Hawaii Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 18 hours ago, Alpo said: Hurrah, hurrah For states' rights hurrah Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That wears a single star One of the few tunes I can play on my fife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1. Arizona, because I live here, and Barb was born here. 2. Iowa, because I was born there. 3. Colorado, because I used to live there, and the Denver Broncos football team is there. 4. Georgia, because I used to live there. 5. Texas, because Texas just has a really cool state flag. I used to live in Illinois, but I do not like the state except all of my family lives there and I don't like their flag or anything about Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Eye Ned Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 5:23 PM, Sixgun Seamus said: We sang that song in grade school. But, in the early 60's, political correctness had not yet run rampant and we sang, "for SOUTHERN rights hurrah" And that is the correct lyric. I’ve never heard “for states rights”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Alaska Idaho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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