It's never a bad time to re-imagine a flag. However, 2016 is a particularly opportune time, given the fact that cities nationwide are beginning to recognize the potential that new flags have in updating poor/antiquated designs and bringing communities together.
There is a budding realization that what works design-wise for display in a conference room does not translate into a flag flying 25 feet above a city. In the words of Mark Van Der Hyde, proponent of a new Lowell (MA), flag,
"It is when [a seal] is thrown on a flag that we hit issues. This carefully crafted symbolism becomes unrecognizable and as such, is almost completely irrelevant when used that way. What is the point in having a flag if no one uses it widely?"
Couldn't have said it better myself. Check out the efforts of some other cities below...
There is a budding realization that what works design-wise for display in a conference room does not translate into a flag flying 25 feet above a city. In the words of Mark Van Der Hyde, proponent of a new Lowell (MA), flag,
"It is when [a seal] is thrown on a flag that we hit issues. This carefully crafted symbolism becomes unrecognizable and as such, is almost completely irrelevant when used that way. What is the point in having a flag if no one uses it widely?"
Couldn't have said it better myself. Check out the efforts of some other cities below...