Do you know what your state flag looks like?
Until a few years ago I did not, and honestly it took me a bit longer than that to figure out that each state had an official flag. The first time that I remember state flags being on my radar was this picture, which I snapped in Sandusky, Ohio back when I took The Goodtime I Island Hopping Cruise on Lake Erie. This is a port of entry between the US and Canada, so the US and Canada flags made sense, but I wondered what the other two flags were. The white flag is for the city of Sandusky, and the flag on the right is the Ohio state flag.
I make a point of visiting State Capitols when I can, and a few of the other state flags have features that have made me ponder. The idea for a post about state flags started brewing in my brain, and then this morning I clicked over to the Washington Post and was stunned to see this top story: Texas schools nix lesson over Virginia state flag’s exposed breast.
Say what? To save you the trouble of clicking on the gift link, the first sentence reads: "School officials in one part of the Lone Star State are no fans of the lone nipple on the Virginia state flag". Yes friends, Virginia's state flag depicts the goddess Virtus, and 100 hundred years ago someone thought that the lady looked like a dude so they lowered her neckline to clarify things. Since I have not yet been to Virginia's Capitol, I don't think it is fair for me to show the picture yet, but you can see it here. In any case, if state flags are making the news, it's time for me to start writing about them.
