Minnesota Is Looking for a New State Flag. Residents Have a Few (Thousand) Ideas.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ask Minnesotans about the state’s official flag, and prepare for a crush of critiques. Start with legibility. Viewed from afar, it is difficult to make sense of the jumble of dates, stars and the state slogan, in French, which rings the centerpiece image. Aesthetically, it is, well, not a marvel, many a Minnesotan will tell you, with Midwestern restraint. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Zoom in on the scene depicted at the core, which happens to be th

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