Flag of Nebraska

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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.

Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to change the seal. One attempt was made by the architect of the Nebraska State Capitol, Bertram Goodhue. The legislature rejected Goodhue's redesign in 1925, and ratified the existing state seal "on a field of national blue" as the state banner. The official design was first displayed at a 1926 New Year's Day celebration at the Nebraska State Capitol.{{cite web |url=https://history.nebraska.gov/publications/state-flag |title=State Flag |website=History Nebraska |access-date=June 1, 2021}}

The official designation of the design as the state flag (rather than a banner) occurred in 1963; Nebraska was one of the last states to adopt an official flag.Nebraska Secretary of State, [http://www.sos.state.ne.us/flag.html Flag] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808021100/http://www.sos.state.ne.us/flag.html |date=2007-08-08 }}

The Nebraskan flag was rated in a survey by the North American Vexillological Association as the second-worst of 72 U.S. and Canadian flags.{{cite web |url= https://nava.org/digital-library/design/surveys/2001-State-Provincial-Flag-Survey.pdf |title= 2001 State/Provincial Flag Survey |author= Edward B. Kaye |publisher= North American Vexillological Association |work= nava.org |date= 10 June 2001 }}{{cite journal |author= Edward B. Kaye |title= "Good Flag, Bad Flag, and the Great NAVA Flag Survey of 2001 |journal= Raven: A Journal of Vexillology |volume= 8 |year= 2001 |pages= 11–38 |doi= 10.5840/raven200182 }} The worst-ranked flag at the time, the flag of Georgia, has since been changed. In 2002, the Nebraska Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee discussed a bill to create a commission for suggesting new designs to the Legislature.{{cite news |url= http://www.dailynebraskan.com/senators-debate-designing-a-new-nebraska-flag/article_07496cd9-76d8-598d-8137-a0e7dd899366.html |title= Senators debate designing a new Nebraska flag |publisher= Daily Nebraskan |author= Sarah Fox |date= 31 January 2002 }} The flag was not changed. In 2017, State Senator Burke Harr 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.{{cite news |last= Nohr |first= Emily |url= http://www.omaha.com/news/legislature/nebraska-flag-flew-upside-down-at-capitol-for-days-and/article_1d3e0bf2-e6ff-11e6-a11e-6b5a251ccef1.html |title= Nebraska flag flew upside down at Capitol for 10 days and 'nobody noticed,' says senator who wants design change". |publisher= Omaha World-Herald |date= 31 January 2017 }} The State Senate committee declined to take action.{{cite news |url= https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/317418-flag-hangs-upside-down-at-nebraska-capitol-for-10-days/ |title= Flag hangs upside down at Nebraska Capitol for 10 days |author= Reid Wilson |date= 1 February 2017 |work= The Hill }}{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/01/nebraska-state-flag-upside-down-redesign |title= Nebraska needs new flag after flying it upside down for 10 days, politician says |date= 1 February 2017 |work= The Guardian }}

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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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|alt2=Flag of Nebraska flown from a school

|Flag of Nebraska as seen with the seal encompassing most of the flag and a pastel yellow coloring used

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|The flags of Nebraska and the United States at half-mast – note that the state flag is still lower than the national flag

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• List of Nebraska state symbols
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• Nebraska Secretary of State, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070808021100/http://www.sos.state.ne.us/flag.html History of the Nebraska State Flag]

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