Minnesota's state flag doesn't get much love. Why it vexes experts who want it changed

For Lee Herold, a Rochester flag shop owner, longtime vexillologist and co-designer of a Minnesota flag replacement first proposed in 1989, it's all about effective symbolism. One anecdote says it all: He’s seen the current flag fly upside down at the Capitol and across the street at the senate office building.“No one even notices,” he said.

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