GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The Montana state flag ranked 49th out of 50 in a recent online poll sponsored by a group dedicated to the study of flags. Nebraska's flag placed last in the unscientific ...

It’s nice to see folks defending the Montana state flag. I did a story a few years ago where vexillologists, people who study flags, ranked it 49th out of 50 for state flags, only North Dakota ...

She noted that on St. Patrick's Day, the Montana state flag is lowered and the Irish tri-color has flown in place of the state flag for decades. ... was trying to stand out.

An alternative Montana state flag that Edward Mooney designed in the late 1970s. Image courtesy of Edward Mooney, Ed.D. The Montana flag flies outside the state Capitol.