Above the image of the Algonquian Native American an arm holds a sword aloft in what some interpret as a menacing attitude, while running beneath the shield ... state flag revert to the symbol ...

“One of the large groups supports changing the flag because of racist imagery in the flag, such as the arm with a sword above ... tree on a blue shield, a traditional symbol of Massachusetts ...

It features a Native American man on a blue shield with a star ... motto and flag began in 2021. Critics say the symbols are racist: the sword above the Native American on the seal, they say ...

"Our seal, flag, and motto should ... an Indigenous person on a shield. The crest above it, which is also the state's military crest, features an arm holding a sword. The motto is roughly ...

As empires crumbled and made way for nation-states, the tone of the military parade has endured. The rise of nationalism in ...