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The ”’flag of the U.S. state of Nebraska”’ is a blue rectangular cloth charged with a variation of the [[Seal of Nebraska|Nebraskan state seal]]. The current design was commissioned in 1925, when the [[Nebraska legislature]] passed a bill stating that the flag would consist of the state seal in gold and silver on a field of blue.
The ”’flag of the U.S. state of Nebraska”’ a the [[Seal of Nebraska|Nebraskan state seal]] in [[]] a bill the of
==History==
==History==
[[File:4th_Nebraska_Infantry_Regimental_Flag_(1916).png|left|thumb|175px|Digital reconstruction of the 4th Nebraska Infantry Regimental flag, 1916.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref name=”:1″ />]]
[[File:4th_Nebraska_Infantry_Regimental_Flag_(1916).png|left|thumb|175px|Digital reconstruction of the 4th Nebraska Infantry Regimental flag, 1916.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref name=”:1″ />]]
The seal that appears on the flag was designed in 1867. The seal appeared on unofficial state banners prior to 1925, sometimes on a field of yellow.<ref name=”HistoryNebraska” /> The first mention of a state flag was in 1896<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rocky Mountain News (Daily) July 18, 1896 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD18960718-01.2.7&srpos=39&e=–1859—1939–en-20–21–img-txIN%7CtxCO%7CtxTA-%22state+flag%22——-2—— |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org}}</ref> and another one in 1906.<ref>”Columbus Gazette”, September 6th, 1906</ref> In 1916, the 4th Nebraska Infantry was given a new regimental flag by the people of [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], to replace their old flag. The flag was described as having a blue field with the state seal in the center and the inscription “4th Nebraska Infantry” below it.<ref name=”:0″>[https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn99021999/1916-06-30/ed-1/seq-1/#words=flag+regimental ”Omaha daily bee”, June 30, 1916, p.1]</ref><ref name=”:1″>[https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270504/1916-11-10/ed-1/seq-2/#words=flags+Flags+regimental+Regimental ”The North Platte semi-weekly tribune”, November 10, 1916, p.2]</ref>
The seal that appears on the flag was designed in 1867. The seal appeared on unofficial state banners prior to 1925, sometimes on a field of yellow.<ref name=”HistoryNebraska” /> The first mention of a state flag was in 1896<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rocky Mountain News (Daily) July 18, 1896 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD18960718-01.2.7&srpos=39&e=–1859—1939–en-20–21–img-txIN%7CtxCO%7CtxTA-%22state+flag%22——-2—— |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org}}</ref> and another one in 1906.<ref>”Columbus Gazette”, September 6th, 1906</ref> In 1916, the 4th Nebraska Infantry was given a new regimental flag by the people of [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], to replace their old flag. The flag was described as having a blue field with the state seal in the center and the inscription “4th Nebraska Infantry” below it.<ref name=”:0″>[https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn99021999/1916-06-30/ed-1/seq-1/#words=flag+regimental ”Omaha daily bee”, June 30, 1916, p.1]</ref><ref name=”:1″>[https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270504/1916-11-10/ed-1/seq-2/#words=flags+Flags+regimental+Regimental ”The North Platte semi-weekly tribune”, November 10, 1916, p.2]</ref>
===Official adoption===
Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to change the seal. One attempt was made by the architect of the [[Nebraska State Capitol]], [[Bertram Goodhue]].<ref name=”HistoryNebraska” /> The [[Nebraska legislature|legislature]] rejected Goodhue’s redesign in 1925. Following the redesign rejection, the legislature ratified a state [[banner]] that contained the state seal “on a field of national blue”. The official design was first displayed at a 1926 [[New Year’s Day]] celebration at the [[Nebraska State Capitol]].<ref name=”HistoryNebraska”>{{cite web |url=https://history.nebraska.gov/publications/state-flag |title=State Flag |website=History Nebraska |access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref>
===Attempts to change the flag===
===Attempts to change the flag===
U.S. state flag
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| Use | Civil and state flag    |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 3:5 |
| Adopted | April 2, 1925 (banner design standardization) July 16, 1963 (as official state flag) |
| Design | A state seal in gold on an azure field. |
| Designed by | Florence Hazen Miller[1][2] |
The flag of the U.S. state of Nebraska, was adopted in 1925. It features a blue field with the Nebraskan state seal at its center, rendered in gold and silver colors. The flag was adopted following the introduction of a bill by Representative J. Lloyd McMaster in the Nebraska House of Representatives.[3]
In 1925, the legislature ratified the design as a state banner. It was officially designated as the state flag in 1963, making Nebraska one of the last states to adopt an official flag.[4]
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The seal that appears on the flag was designed in 1867. The seal appeared on unofficial state banners prior to 1925, sometimes on a field of yellow.[3] The first mention of a state flag was in 1896[7] and another one in 1906.[8] In 1916, the 4th Nebraska Infantry was given a new regimental flag by the people of Lincoln, Nebraska, to replace their old flag. The flag was described as having a blue field with the state seal in the center and the inscription “4th Nebraska Infantry” below it.[5][6]
Attempts to change the flag
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The Nebraska flag was rated in a survey by the North American Vexillological Association as the second worst of 72 U.S. and Canadian flags.[9][10] The worst-ranked flag at the time, the flag of Georgia, has since been changed. In 2002, the Nebraska Legislature’s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee discussed a bill to create a commission for suggesting new designs to the Legislature.[11] The flag was not changed. In 2017, State Senator Burke Harr proposed a task force charged with redesigning the flag, citing the fact that the flag had flown upside down at the capitol for 10 days with no one noticing. Harr wished for the redesign to come through by the State’s 150th anniversary.[12] The State Senate committee declined to take action.[13][14]
- ^ “Florence Hazen Miller, 1879-1964”. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010.
- ^ “Flashback Friday: The Fight over Nebraska’s State Seal and Flag”. 29 October 2022.
- ^ a b “State Flag”. History Nebraska. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Nebraska Secretary of State, Flag Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Omaha daily bee, June 30, 1916, p.1
- ^ a b The North Platte semi-weekly tribune, November 10, 1916, p.2
- ^ “The Rocky Mountain News (Daily) July 18, 1896 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection”. www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ Columbus Gazette, September 6th, 1906
- ^ Edward B. Kaye (10 June 2001). “2001 State/Provincial Flag Survey” (PDF). nava.org. North American Vexillological Association.
- ^ Edward B. Kaye (2001). ““Good Flag, Bad Flag, and the Great NAVA Flag Survey of 2001”. Raven: A Journal of Vexillology. 8: 11–38. doi:10.5840/raven200182.
- ^ Sarah Fox (31 January 2002). “Senators debate designing a new Nebraska flag”. Daily Nebraskan.
- ^ Nohr, Emily (31 January 2017). “Nebraska flag flew upside down at Capitol for 10 days and ‘nobody noticed,’ says senator who wants design change”“. Omaha World-Herald.
- ^ Reid Wilson (1 February 2017). “Flag hangs upside down at Nebraska Capitol for 10 days”. The Hill.
- ^ “Nebraska needs new flag after flying it upside down for 10 days, politician says”. The Guardian. 1 February 2017.
