MARCH 6, 2025 — A marketing campaign for International Women’s Day in Lebanon has sparked widespread criticism after a Lebanese flag with a diagonal red stripe over the cedar tree was raised in Martyrs’ Square, Beirut, reports Al-Quds Al-Arabi. The altered flag was reportedly intended to convey a message about women representing half of the…
MARCH 6, 2025 — Pennsylvania‘s Washington Township supervisors have adopted an official flag, reports the Record Herald. The design prominently features an image of George Washington alongside the year 1779, the township’s founding year. The initiative was led by Supervisor Stewart McCleaf, who expressed enthusiasm about the township’s participation in the Pennsylvania State Association of…
MARCH 6, 2025 — High school senior Matt Haigh has launched a movement to change the Massachusetts state flag, reports the Sentinel & Enterprise. Haigh, who founded Old Mass Flag to promote the effort, advocates for a return to a historical design featuring a pine tree on a blue shield. He argues the current flag…
MARCH 6, 2025 — Allen County in Indiana will officially unveil its new flag on April 1 during a closing ceremony marking the end of its bicentennial celebrations, officials announced Wednesday. The event will be held at the Rousseau Centre from 4 to 6 p.m. and will reflect on the initiatives and events that commemorated…
MARCH 6, 2025 — Illinois residents have voted to keep their current state flag, rejecting a proposed redesign effort, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Of the nearly 385,000 votes cast, more than 165,000 went to the existing design—more than the next five top choices combined. The public vote, which lasted five weeks, allowed residents to select…