North Star Flag

The North Star Flag is a design proposed to replace the flag of Minnesota. The current flag was rated in a survey by the North American Vexillological Association as 67th out of 72 U.S. and Canadian flags, making it the 6th worst flag in the survey. Proponents claim superiority on several points: high visibility, simple to remember, clean design, attractive, distinctive, inclusive of multiple historical legacies, timeless, and symbolic.
Design
Reverend William Becker of Winona, Minnesota and Lee Herold of Rochester, Minnesota designed the North Star Flag in 1989. A wavy white stripe separates an upper blue section from a lower green section. The blue represents the many lakes of Minnesota and the sky they reflect. The white represents the snow of this northern state. The green represents its forests and farmlands. A large gold star, representing wealth as well as the north star, is prominent in the upper hoist canton, recalling the state motto, "L'Etoile du Nord" ("The North Star"). The waves are a sign of water in heraldry, and represent the state's name which comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water."

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