Flag of Minnesota

The flag of the U.S. state of Minnesota consists of the Seal of the State on a royal blue background with a white border and gold decoration.

Shaping

The seal is surrounded by a wreath of Queen women shoes, the state flower of Minnesota. Three -year figures are mentioned in this outline: 1858 for the establishment of the State in 1819 for the construction of Fort Snelling as one of the first settlements in the state and in 1883, when the first flag officially became effective. The 19 stars in the border represent Minnesota as the nineteenth state joining the United States after the establishment of thirteen founding states. The largest star represents the " North Star " and thus the state of Minnesota.

History

Prior to the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, a competition was organized to represent the State at the World Expo with its own national flag can. The winning design submitted Amelia Hyde Center, which provided the decorated with various borders state seal on a white background. The back had a blue background.

Due to the cost to manufacture the flag of the mid-20th century, was thinking about a remodel. A commission formed in 1953 came to the conclusion that the flag simplifies both sides blue and the back should be a mirror image of the front only. Although this proposal was met with criticism from others and another design was proposed with a blue-white- red flag with golden stars, adopted in 1957, the Parliament, the introduction of the new flag. In the 1960s, human rights activists demanded the change of the state seal since a horseback Indians pointed to him who escapes from a pioneer westward. With the adaptation of this, also the flag in 1983 was adapted and changed slightly.

Since 1989, efforts were made to replace the flag with an entirely new one. However, these were unsuccessful. The critics were also encouraged by the results of a survey on the best and worst flag of the North American Association Vexillological in which the flag Minnesota finished within the United States and Canada 67th of 72.