Each state's flag is representative of its history and distinct symbols.Here are the 50 official state flags from Alabama to Wyoming, as well as Washington D.C., and their significances.

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more ...

Alongside his camping gear, he packed a fat spool of 50 newly purchased state flags. Ten months and 36,300 ... as evidenced by the curlicues on a large U.S. map decorating his parents’ home ...

Not every state in the Union has ... emphasize the lone star on their flag. The goal is to make it even more iconic by enlarging the star.” We’ve seen maps of a new Texas before, but this ...

NJI Media, a D.C.-based creative agency, decided to redesign all 50 state flags in honor of flag day tomorrow. Our current state flags are already unique (and sometimes hilarious), and most of ...

Designer Ed Mitchell brought all 50 U.S. state flags together in hopes that our bitterly divided congress might consider following suit. Unless you’ve been made to go to city courthouses all ...

Mitchell started by researching the current flags ... these states of ours are supposed to be united. And if nothing else, his project does reflect that–the 50 redesigns are strongest, he ...