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Minnesota state flag

The design chosen by a State Emblems Redesign Commission in December of 2023.

A Works Progress Administration artist makes a true proportion sketch from the original Minnesota state flag. The sketch was used to make copies of the flag for state occasions. Photograph by the St. Paul Daily News, 1936.

Minnesota state flag, 1949

The Minnesota state flag held aloft on June 28, 1949, in celebration of the creation of Minnesota Territory one hundred years earlier.

Minnesota state flag, 1983–2023

The design of the Minnesota state flag adopted in 1983 and used until 2023. The nineteen yellow stars, which form a star themselves, refer to Minnesota’s place as the nineteenth state admitted into the union.

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1898

Minnesota state flag made in Minneapolis ca. 1898 by Pauline and Thomane Fjelde, the makers of the original 1893 flag. The Fjelde sisters presented the flag to the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1960

Minnesota state flag made in Minneapolis by H. S. Crocker Company, ca. 1960.

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1968

Minnesota state flag made by Fillmore & Bradbury in Minneapolis ca. 1968. This version of the flag was in use between 1957 and 1983.

Minnesota State Highway 220

South-facing view of Minnesota State Highway 220 at its junction with County Road 5. It was at this location on August 27, 1979, that Val Johnson saw a light above the road at the treeline and turned left, leading to a collision with an unidentified force or object. Ufology Research of Manitoba (UFOROM).