Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 3,253 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) 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 . Edited January 22 by Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L 2,096 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Texas New Mexico Tenn. Arizona Colorado bonus: Ohio cause it's the only one that's not a rectangle 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,860 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 You and Sheldon Cooper! New Mexico Arizona Ohio Texas Maryland 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michigan Slim 5,886 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,341 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 By appearances only 1 Arizona 2 Arkansas 3 Texas 4 South Carolina 5 Alaska Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L 4,851 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 6,623 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 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. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,860 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 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! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme 1,154 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 By look only: Texas California Maryland Virginia Puerto Rico Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South-Eye Ned 769 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) 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. Edited January 23 by South-Eye Ned Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,831 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 CA, AZ, CO. OH, and MD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex M Rugers #6621 333 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1. Texas 2. Arizona 3. New Mexico 4. Wyoming 5. Toss-up between Alaska and Hawaii Rex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Forty Rod SASS 3935 7,184 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1. Central Arizona 2. Northern Arizona 3. Southern Arizona 4. Western Arizona 5. Eastern Arizona 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 3,253 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Church Key, SASS # 33713 243 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sixgun Seamus 1,710 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 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. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Cross, SASS #13848 L 67 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Wyoming, (of course) Arizona, Texas, Colorado, California Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South-Eye Ned 769 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 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. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smuteye John SASS#24774 2,774 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 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.) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L 4,851 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L 4,851 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Here's another to consider (unfortunately, I currently reside in Marion County, 15 minutes from Salem) State of Jefferson History Edited January 24 by PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L add reference 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South-Eye Ned 769 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 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) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,831 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 322 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Missouri Arkansas Texas Wyoming Alabama I also liked the Bonnie Blue (not picture) STL Suomi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smuteye John SASS#24774 2,774 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 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. Edited January 24 by Smuteye John SASS#24774 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life 762 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 LOYALTY requires that I select Idaho. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 6,623 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 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 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sixgun Seamus 1,710 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 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" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 3,253 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 (edited) 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." Edited January 30 by Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clay Mosby 783 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Arizona Texas New Mexico Hawaii Ohio Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,860 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arizona Gunfighter 391 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,860 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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”. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,325 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Alaska Idaho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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