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The flag of the state of Maine features the state coat of arms on a blue field. In the center of the shield, a moose rests under a tall pine tree. A farmer and seaman represent the traditional reliance on agriculture and the sea by the state. The North Star represents the state motto: Dirigo ("I Lead").

According to the official description, the flag should have a fringe of yellow silk and should have a blue and white silk cord attached at the spearhead. These embellishments are very rarely observed.

Maine is one of only three states with a separate ensign, which is rarely seen (the other two states are Massachusetts and Texas). It features symbols from the current flag and the older one, with a white field and green pine tree. The green pine tree has the seaman's anchor, and the words "MAINE" and "DIRIGO" around it.

Historical Flag of Maine

Originally, the state flag consisted of a green pine tree, symbol of New England in the center, with a blue "North Star", all on a buff-colored background.

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 ==Proposals for a New Flag of Maine==
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 Maine State Flag Proposal No 10 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 27 OCT 2014 at 1318hrs cst.png|Maine State Flag Proposal No. 10 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 27 OCT 2014 at 1318hrs cst
 Maine.png|Maine State Flag Symplistic Proposal. The blue triangle in the center is a big pine tree, and the upside-down triangle alongside the white diagonal on the right represent the ocean and coastline. By Ed Mitchell. 2013.
+ME flag proposal Ed Mitchell 2.png|Updated Maine state flag proposal. The Maine flag is an update of the previous one I designed.  It also features a pine tree in the middle. The pine tree, a symbol of new England, is on the state’s original flag from 1901.  The state motto is “Dirigo,” which is Latin for “I direct,” and the shape of the pine tree in this updated design doubles as an arrow pointing up the path to the future. By Ed Mitchell. 2016.
-ME flag proposal Ed Mitchell 2.png|Updated Maine state flag proposal by Ed Mitchell. 2016.
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 Maine bare 23 .png|ME State flag proposal. Standard layout but tree has 23 vectors to stand for being the 23rd admission to the Union. Design by Rotten Ali
 Maine - Blue Continental.jpeg|Maine state flag proposal by Ken Morton. Maine's two distinct geographic, cultural and economic regions are united in this flag; with blue representing the coast and the canton representing the wooded interior.
-Maine Flag.png|Created by [https://maineflagcompany.com| Maine Flag Company]. Officially proposed in [http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0508&item=1&snum=129| Maine Legislature] in Feb 7, 2019.
+Maine Flag.png|Created by [https://maineflagcompany.com Maine Flag Company]. Officially proposed in [http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0508&item=1&snum=129 Maine Legislature] in Feb 7, 2019.
+Maine New Flag.png|ME Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge"
+Proposal Flag of Maine.svg|Proposal for a flag for Maine. By [[User:Qaz_Janssen|Qaz]] Dec 2019 ([[User:Qaz Janssen/Proposals/Subnational/US-NEA#Maine|details]])
+Proposal Flag of Maine 3.svg|Proposal for a flag for Maine. By [[User:Qaz_Janssen|Qaz]] Dec 2019 ([[User:Qaz Janssen/Proposals/Subnational/US-NEA#Maine|details]])
+Maine.jpg|Part of series of designs for state flags, all in blue and white. (Posted by Ken Morton)
+Maine0.png|Unpretentious and straightforward, as Mainers are known to be. Green for forests, blue for coastline; diagonal stripe represents Maine's general SW-NE orientation
+Maine7c.png|A variation on the above, with 22 stripes green and blue bisected diagonally with a 23rd stripe symbolizing Maine as the 23rd state.
+Maine4_ah.png|Variation on above incorporating the design of the 1901-09 flag
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+ME.jpg|Taking cues from ZeekLTK and Vexillasny's designs, this unpretentious design represents forest and ocean.|link=http://fixyourdamnflag.us
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