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Today's the 99th anniversary of New Mexico's flag. (kbin.earth)
submitted 7 months ago by ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.earth to c/vexillology@lemmy.world
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Just a great flag. 10/10. No notes.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

Fr an absolute banger of a flag, on par with the japanese préfecture flags.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Up there with the greats like Maryland and New Mexico

[–] ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.earth 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On March 15, 1925, this flag was adopted by the U.S. state of New Mexico. It's a widely liked flag for (imo) good reason. The design is simple and striking, the colors go very well together and fit a relatively arid state, and the Zia sun symbol does a great job distinguishing this flag from others.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 3 points 7 months ago

The Zia Sun symbol comes from Zia Pueblo. And it only seems reasonable that they should collect a royalty from the state of NM for the use of this symbol.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Simplicity is an art

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you are in the mood for a video of mid-Atlantic accented stick figure with a love of vexillology reviewing this and all the other state flags, I know of something that may interest you.

[–] ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.earth 2 points 7 months ago

This video is actually what got me interested in vexillology! After watching it, I thought, "Hmm, maybe I could try making the state flags better," and made a whole set of redesigns.