Maryland’s state flag will be lowered to half-staff to honor the life of Navy SEAL Christopher J. Chambers through sunset on the day of his memorial.

Maryland governor orders flags at half-staff to honor fallen Navy SEAL and Maryland native Special Operator First Class Christopher J. Chambers was one of two Navy SEALs who died during an ...

More than 2,000 submissions came in as Minnesota looks to redesign its state seal and state flag — and some took the assignment more seriously than others.

Associated Press Minnesota has a new flag and state seal. Here’s what changed. And why. Unless the state legislature votes to reject the new emblems, which seems unlikely, they will become ...

Find out the interesting history behind all 50 of the U.S. state flags The U.S. state flags, explained The American flag, the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory—whatever you want to call it, there’s ...

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The 2023 Legislature established the commission to develop and adopt a new design for the state seal and a new design for the state flag by Jan. 1.

Minnesotans are already leaving thousands of comments on nearly a dozen finalists for a new state flag and seal, hoping to influence the process before a new state commission picks final designs.

Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up painful memories of ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The panel tasked with finding Minnesota's new state flag and seal has finalized a design for each, and it has a couple of weeks to complete a final report about its decisions. But ...

When the silver dies of the great seal of Maryland were discovered in the State Treasurer's Office at Annapolis in July last they were supposed to be the dies of the famous Fendall seal sent out ...