Massachusetts is asking residents to help design a new state seal, flag and motto with the aim of reflecting the state’s diversity and heritage.

The Jeff Jacoby’s column on reimagining the state flag generated many comments.

Massachusetts is reexamining its state seal and motto — and by extension the state flag — after a special commission voted unanimously in May to recommend replacing both. The decision was seen ...

But numerous readers took seriously the challenge to come up with a new design for the Massachusetts state flag and shared their ideas with me.

Massachusetts wisely chose to redesign, for a rationale that’s anything but trivial. In this Monday, May 2, 2016, file photo, the Massachusetts state flag flies in front of Boston City Hall.

The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received more than 165,000 of the nearly 385,000 votes cast.

The Washington state flag is seen flying in between the Legislative building and the Temple of Justice on Feb. 18, 2025 at the state Capitol Campus in Olympia. A proposed bill to redesign ...

Local view columnist Carole Gariepy points out why it may be time to change the Massachusetts state flag, as recommended by 77 towns and cities.

House Bill 1938 is generating controversy over its proposal to create a Washington state flag redesign committee to come up with a new symbol.

Massachusetts is asking residents to help design a new state seal, flag and motto with the aim of reflecting the state’s diversity and heritage.

Local view columnist Carole Gariepy points out why it may be time to change the Massachusetts state flag, as recommended by 77 towns and cities.