The flag’s light blue background represents the state’s waters, according to the commission. Minnesota artist Andrew Prekker, whose design formed the basis of the new flag, said it felt ...

Adopted in 1957, the old state flag depicts the Minnesota state seal on a blue background. The seal shows a farmer plowing a field, his rifle leaning against a tree, while a Native American man ...

It was a single star on a field of blue. The flag was adapted from the Republic of West Florida, a country located mostly in southern Mississippi, which only lasted for 78 days.