State Flags

[modorney]

Saltire designs often get "clipped" into a swallowtail, and stiffeners are put in to make the flag stay straight. Comes in handy for making sure somebody else identifies your flag (especially when that somebody could be a fellow combat unit).

> We vexillologists must stick together!

I agree - there's a certain mixture of skill sets that wind up creating a vexillologist. Good ritual almost always has a set of flags and banners around. Ritual gowns, hoodwinks and costumes have to be flame proof, otherwise you wind up catching your sleeve on fire, from a candle. Upholstery dudes are good at fireproofing - boats and planes have to pass a flame spread test, and it's not a bad idea in your car. Upholstery often involves big, unwieldy fabric that's more like a rug. Military units (like drill teams) require perfect uniforms, buttons, patches, etc. They have to hold together, and hang right, so you learn to sew with dental floss and wire solder. And, if you are really good - you can do this: http://www.theatre.vt.edu/DESTOP/drjld/lulu.html

[AGDLynn]

Being born in SC, I love the SC flag because you can show your state pride in so many different color combinations.

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/south+carolina+flag

Confused about some of the Georgia ones until I remembered that Georgia is also a country.

Oh...couldn't resist a squirrel search, lol.

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/squirre...t_/fpt_/c_666/

[ktbug10474]

oh i didn't meant the country Ga .. i meant the state

[AGDLynn]

KTBug, I wasn't referring to you, lol. I knew what you meant, having lived in the STATE of Georgia for decades

I was referring to the country Georgia flags on that website.

[ktbug10474]

oooh ok...

[RACooper]

Well I've always liked my "state" flag (Ontario) since it's so close to the original Canadian flag, the 'Canadian Red Ensign' - the one before the Maple Leaf one that ever one is so familiar with:



Of course I'm also pretty partial to Nova Scotia's:

[MysticCat]

I like Quebec's flag:



(My wife, the Kappa, likes it too.)

[RACooper]

Quebec's flag is certainly distinct alright... and the most overtly religious as well - pretty much lifted from flag of the French Canadian Catholics, but minus the Sacred Heart in the middle of the cross.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by RACooper

Quebec's flag is certainly distinct alright... and the most overtly religious as well - pretty much lifted from flag of the French Canadian Catholics, but minus the Sacred Heart in the middle of the cross.

True, and there is no question that the provincial flag was an attempt to "secularize," to some extent, the Carillon-Sacré Coeur flag, although both flags have their roots in flags of the Ancien Régime.

[Marie]

My home state.

[OleMissSoph11]

The flag of the great state of Mississippi

[RU OX Alum]

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[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

older version, used for the 17th...something

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