The Big Dipper is a symbol of strength ... respectively. The torch on Indiana’s state flag symbolizes liberty and enlightenment. The 13 stars in the outer circle represent the 13 original ...

When people rank the best to worst state flags, ours usually ends up in the bottom quarter or so. Many of the most admired flags are simple in design with pleasing colors with a symbol or two that ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Depressed that your favorite Minnesota state flag design didn't make the cut? An Indiana company wants ... However, "symbols, emblems, or likenesses that represent only a single ...

As one state senator in Utah put it when he was asked if remaking the flag was the best use of government time: “When you connect the values [we hold] with the symbols on the flag, we’re going ...

State symbols are typically chosen by the legislature, though they can be proposed by residents. They can then be officially recognized through the ratification of a law proposing the potential symbol ...