Nebraska

Nebraska
Country	United States
Flag of Nebraska
Designer	James Lloyd McMaster
Adopted	1925
Score in 2001 NAVA survey	2.98/10 (71st of 72)
Wikipedia article
Flags of the World article

The flag of the state of Nebraska is a blue cloth charged with the state seal. The current design was adopted in 1925. A previous design submitted in 1921 by a New York architect was rejected by the state government. The official designation of the design as the state flag occurred in 1963; Nebraska was one of the last states to adopt an official flag.

The Nebraska flag was rated in a survey by the North American Vexillological Association as 71st out of 72 U.S. and Canadian flags, making it the second-worst flag in the survey. The worst-ranked flag, the flag of Georgia, has since been changed. In 2002, the Nebraska Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee discussed a bill that would have created a commission that would suggest new flag designs to the Legislature. The flag was not changed.

Proposals for a New Flag of Nebraska

NE Flag Proposal "Tibbetts"

NE Flag Proposal "Tibbetts 2"

NE Flag Proposal "ironchefshark"

NE Proposed Flag "Gfour"

NE Proposed Flag "Lord Grattan-Highlander"

Nebr. Prairie Deco Bison by Luke Schroer (meaning on Instagram LT_Schroer)

NE Flag Proposal "Jack Expo"

NE Flag Proposal "VoronX 1"

NE Flag Proposal "VoronX 2"

NE Flag Proposal "VoronX 3"

NE Flag Proposal "AlternateUniverseDesigns"

NE Flag Proposal "Usacelt"

NE Flag Proposal "BigRed618"

NE Flag Proposal "Steve Lovelace"

NE Proposed Flag "SonofSibir"

NE Flag Proposal "Bezbojnicul"

Nebraska State Flag Proposal No. 1 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 20 OCT 2014 at 1733hrs cst

Nebraska State Flag Proposal No. 4 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 20 OCT 2014 at 1752 hrs cst

Nebraska State Flag Symplistic Proposal. The blue is sky, and the white is the Great Plains. By Ed Mitchell. 2013.

Updated Nebraska state flag proposal. The red strip on the bottom half represents the great plains of Nebraska. The blue strip is the sky, and the white triangle represents its hills. By Ed Mitchell. 2016.

Nebraska flag proposal by Arminius13

Nebraska flag proposal by Achaley.

NE flag proposal by 5thEye

Nebraska Flag Proposal by TheMaster001

Nebraska flag proposal 1 by Hans. Jan 2014. (details)

Nebraska flag proposal 2 by Hans. Oct 2015. (details)

Nebraska flag proposal 3 by Hans. Jan 2016. (details)

Nebraska state flag proposal. Blue field with yellow check pattern representing an ear of corn for the Cornhusker state. by ododobe

Nebraska State Flag Proposal. Similar design with white check pattern similar to International Nautical Signal flag for N. by ododobe

Nebraska flag proposal by ctl42. July 2016.

Nebraska Harvest Flag. Echo's of a combine harvester in a field. After display on Reddit one user liked the design so much he had a one-off T-shirt printed with this design - so it's already out and about in the state. Design by Rotten Ali.

Nebraska flag proposal by Dean Thomas. Flag based on topographical map of state.

GOLDENROD NEBRASKA STATE FLAG PROPOSAL / Evoking the state flower (goldenrod), the husking of corn, Great Plains sunshine, the prairie and the sandhills, this simple proposal follows all of the principles of good flag design, as well as those of traditional European heraldry. The thirteen piles (or points) reflect the thirteen stripes on the American flag. In technical heraldic terminology it could be blazoned (or described) as: Per bend, piley of thirteen throughout vert and or.

Goldenrod Nebraska State Flag Proposal (animated)

Nebraska state flag proposed by Ken Morton. The red, white and blue colors of this flag represent the earnest patriotism of this solid mid-western state. The overall design of the flag represents the state itself, with the red stripe symbolizing the Platte River running through Nebraska's southern tier.

Proposed flag for Nebraska, featuring the state Capitol building. In the end, I don't think this design works. I post it here mainly because it took so long to finish. (Posted by Ken Morton)

Another Nebraska state flag proposed by Ken Morton. In this flag, the thunderbird/eagle is an amalgam of designs found in murals located on the interior and exterior of the state Capitol in Lincoln. The yellow field represents the golden fields of wheat, corn and hay found throughout the state.

Public vote on Facebook - FOTW and US State Flags

Winner of Public Vote - from about 130 redesigns - July 2018 - Design by Reddit User u/SlamBash01.

This slide indentified the further two options worked up since the contest concluded. A combo design and a cleaned up version - together with an SOB these were voted on in two places.

Another proposed flag for Nebraska. The Thunderbird is taken from a relief in the state capitol building. [Posted by Ken Morton]

Nebraska - A modified version of an outstanding design by Sam McKittrick. I have enlarged the pale and star on the hoist and added a border between the pale and upper fess. [Posted by Ken Morton]

Interpretation of a design by ironchefshark. Blue is for the state’s rivers, particularly the Platte River running across the state creating the rich wheat and corn fields represented by the gold color. The central star represents Nebraska’s place in America’s heartland. The grid of the flag mimics the floor plan of the iconic state capitol building. Posted by Preston Knapp [1]

Proposal "bands" for a flag for Nebraska, taking the color bands from the seal. By Qaz Dec 2019 (details)

Gold-Industry Union Pacific Locomotive Color, Single Star-Unicameral, White purity, Blue Ogallala Aquaifer, Star position same location as the 37th star on USA flag, Circle-Agriculture (pivot irrigation. Blue Bar, NE role in Mormon, Oregon Trail, Transcontinenal Railroad, Interstate system. Blue color "flat water"

Blue standing for the sky, yellow standing for the fields, white standing for the snow and clouds. A thirteen-rayed sun with each ray representing one of the original 13 colonies.

Blue standing for the sky, yellow standing for the fields, white standing for the snow and clouds. A thirty-seven-rayed sun marking Nebraska as being the 37th state to be admitted. In the sun, a stylized "N" for Nebraska.

Blue standing for the sky, yellow standing for the fields, white standing for the snow and clouds.

Dark blue field and gold circle as a recognition of the past Nebraska flag. Light blue represents the Platte River. Dark blue reminds of the Ogallala Aquifer deep beneath the ground: the cornerstone of Nebraskan irrigation.

the 2 colors in this flag represent the current colors. the symbols and their meanings are. chimney rock is a historic land mark in the state. corn wheat and the sun are all agriculture because nebraska is an agriculture state. 1867 is when it was founded and the banner is the state's motto.

By SimplisticFlags. October 2021. (details)

Nebraska Flag Proposal- first made in March 2021 by User:WesleyMcPaper

The Nebraskan Seal, with a white arrow symbolizing the correct orientation of the flag. Proposed by T.L. Francis

"The" Nebraska State Flag - a square shaped flag with a white helvetica "N" on a red field. taking cues from the Swis flag

White ribbon symbolic of Platte river. Green foreground symbolic of agriculture. Red sky and setting sun representative of famous sunsets. Birds representative of ancient migratory flyway.

NE State Flag Proposal bt BobOkmp

FlagProposal1JM

FlagProposal2JM (Blue stars indicate 8 major rivers and 8 native tribes of Nebraska, sewer faces west as we were home to westward trails, gold for the harvest and blue for the Ogallala Aquifer)

SuperSimpleFlag (inspiration from Colorado)

NE State Flag Proposal #2 by BobOkmp

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