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These are the flags of the 68 states for my AltUnitedStatesMap.

Some are the same, some are slightly different, some are completely different, some are based on older flags or proposed flags.
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~AngelBlue01 Mar 31, 2011
I'm glad you gave Illinois a better flag than we have now
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~DWebArt Mar 31, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Its based on the centennial flag of illinois.
Personally, I think all the flags that are just state seals are really boring.
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~frenchfriar Mar 7, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Really well done and thought out, you can read a lot of the history of these states from their flags, very impressive.
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~DWebArt Mar 7, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I thank the original makers of the flags themselves for the realistic feel, since many of my flags are simply altered versions or actual flags that for one reason or another, never got used or arent used.

I must have spent hours looking at each state flag, choosing which ones I wanted to keep, edit, or completely redo. And then since some of these states dont exist or are part of other countries in reality, I looked up their flags also. So it was quite a feat.

And not to toot my own horn, but I think some of my flags are better than a lot of the state flags we have. xD
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~htilden42 Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
What's the cause for Maryland loosing the "Baltimore" part of the coat of arms, or why is the flag only one half of the current flag?
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~DWebArt Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Politics.
The crossland portion of the flag became associated with pro-confederate marylanders during the civil war. In this timeline, while maryland stayed as part of the union, after the civil war, many southern leaning politicians were elected into office, with enough votes to have the flag changed, as sort of a stab against the pro-union marlyanders.
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~htilden42 Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Ah, okay. Makes sense, though I'm sure the people of Baltimore are a bit irritated about it.
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~DWebArt Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
In this timeline, the issue with the flag was called the "Last Battle of the Civil War" because of how much drama it caused. There were some who worried that it could spark hostilities again, and to address the issue, congress actually began hearing proposals regarding chopping up Maryland and giving the land over to surrounding states. Despite it not being within congresses power to do so, it still scared the politicians in maryland to get their act together, and they were able to calm things down in order to keep their sovereignty. But the flag was still pushed thru and remains to this day.
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~Nederbird Mar 6, 2011
Really nice compilation, and some of those flags look really good! :)

Though which Transsylvania are we talking about here? I only know about the one in Romania. XD
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~DWebArt Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
If you go look for my AltUnitedStatesMap youll see there is a state called Transylvania.
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