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proposed a task force charged with redesigning the flag, citing the fact that the flag had flown upside down at the capitol for 10 days with no one noticing. Harr wished for the redesign to come through by the State's 150th anniversary. The State Senate committee declined to take action.
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Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee discussed a bill to create a commission for suggesting new designs to the Legislature. The flag was not changed. In 2017, State Senator
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An example of an unofficial state banner on a field of yellow; this design was sometimes used from 1917 until the blue background became official in 1925.
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The seal that appears on the flag was designed in 1867. The seal appeared on unofficial state banners prior to 1925, sometimes on a field of yellow.
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rejected Goodhue's redesign in 1925, and ratified the existing state seal "on a field of national blue" as the state
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Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to change the seal. One attempt was made by the architect of the
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passed a bill stating that the flag would consist of the state seal in gold and silver on a field of blue.
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Flag of Nebraska as seen with the seal encompassing most of the flag and a pastel yellow coloring used
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Flag of Nebraska seen with the seal size limited to the center of the flag with a gold coloring used
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as the second-worst of 72 U.S. and Canadian flags. The worst-ranked flag at the time, the
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is a blue rectangular cloth charged with a variation of the
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was one of the last states to adopt an official flag.
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The official designation of the design as the state
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Flag of the State of Nebraska

Use
Civil
state flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
Nebraskan state seal
Nebraska legislature

Nebraska State Capitol
Bertram Goodhue
legislature
banner
New Year's Day
Nebraska State Capitol
flag
Nebraska
North American Vexillological Association
flag of Georgia
Nebraska Legislature's
Burke Harr
Flag of Nebraska flown from its Labor Department Building
Flag of Nebraska flown from a school
Flag of Nebraska at half-mast
half-mast
List of Nebraska state symbols
Seal of Nebraska
Flags of the U.S. states and territories

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