Some Twin Cities suburbs refuse to fly the new Minnesota state flag, as do some cities in Greater Minnesota

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Last edited Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:20 AM - Edit history (1)

no paywall and no gimmicks at this MSN-hosted article

Some Twin Cities suburbs refuse to fly the new Minnesota state flag, Star Tribune, 2/26/26
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The northwest suburb of Champlin, which is still displaying the retired flag, this week refused to trade it out for the new one. The St. Francis City Council decided to take down the new flag and replace it with the one from 1957. In Nowthen, the City Council debated the issue before deciding to stick with the new design.
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it’s clear the new state flag — featuring a dark blue, abstract shape of Minnesota, a white North Star and light blue symbolizing the state’s water — has carried deeper symbolism for many residents across Minnesota in recent months. Sales of the new design skyrocketed this winter, as it was often carried by protesters and draped over shoulders at demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement after 3,000 federal immigration agents descended on Minnesota.
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Last year, some cities in greater Minnesota, including deeper red, rural communities, decided against putting up the new flag. And some counties adopted resolutions rejecting the new look.
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City officials in all three suburbs voiced distaste for the process ((of selecting a new state flag -progree)), when the DFL-controlled Legislature in 2023 formed a 13-member commission to replace the old design. The decision came after the state received thousands of public submissions and months of debate.
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Champlin will continue flying the 1983 flag, which features the former state seal, depicting a white settler plowing a field while a Native American man on horseback rides westward. . . . perpetuating the idea that white settlers were meant to take over the land.

More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/some-twin-cities-suburbs-refuse-to-fly-the-new-minnesota-state-flag/ar-AA1X9oQO

See: Good Riddance Genocide Flag
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/free/column-good-riddance-genocide-flag-hello-new-flag-blues/article_d013b728-13c4-11ef-a9c7-bbb132b6e676.html

ETA - here's the new one:



Here's the old one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Minnesota

The Minnesota flag 1957-1983


The Minnesota flag 1983-2024


One has to magnify the images to see the farmer-settler and the native American on horseback. Hover your mouse over the image (don't click!
finger off the mouse buttons!) and hit your Control key twice.

If that doesn't work then hover over the image -- at the upper right side there appears some square-looking symbol with a little circle in the middle. Hover over that (don't click it) and 2 more icons should appear on the right side. The bottom right one should be a menu (...) icon. Click on that and choose the magnify choice. One can further magnify by holding down the Control key while turning the mouse wheel.

[flying rabbit]

1. JFC

[Sweet Rosie Red]

2. Anything to gin up low level civic friction

we need a list of cities and counties so that sane people can avoid these areas