As you can see from this flag, the City of Iowa City is a city in Iowa, which is why it’s called Iowa City, and also because it is a city, so it is the City of Iowa City, a city in Iowa named the City of Iowa City, and the city because the Iowa City city City the the Iowa next to Iowa city … Continue reading Bad Flag: Iowa City, Iowa
This flag for a US territory whose middle word I sometimes misread as ‘marinara’ is wonderful, make no mistake. The NMI has gone through some different ownership of countries. It was first owned by the Spanish, then the Germans (!?), then they used the UN flag (for some reason), then they used the flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands of which it … Continue reading Good Flag: Northern Mariana Islands (Unofficial flag, 1972–1976; Official flag, 1976–1981)
In my previous post, I went over the flag used by this former country from 1967-1975. I said that I’d be showing something later on, and here it is! And the only comment I can make about this is that this is not a flag, this is a rug. Imagine having to draw this monstrosity! Take in the detail. Just take it in. SMH… Continue reading Bad Flag: Kingdom of Sikkim (1877-1914; 1962-1967)
whaddup ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, i’m back! Anyhoo… The Kingdom of Sikkim was an old country nudged in between India and China, and from 1877 until its annexation in 1975, it had a flag. This one was used in 1967, and it looks nice! The reason why they used this flag 8 years before the country’s doom will be explained later on though… … Continue reading Good Flag: Kingdom of Sikkim (1967-1975)
OH DANG! THAT FLAG IS JUST…IT’S SO…IT…uh…it’s actually pretty hardcore! This is actually Goliad’s unofficial flag. It is known as the “Bloody Arm Flag”. It means that Texans would rather lose an arm than live under tyranny and was promptly hoisted in Goliad after Texas’s Declaration of Independence. To me, it kind of looks like the cover of an album from some heavy metal-grindcore band, … Continue reading Good Flag: Goliad County, Texas
While this is labeled a bad flag, I kind of like the way it looks! You’ll have to see why later… Fredrick county. Bordering Pennsylvania and Virginia, near DC, home of Fort Detrick, the county seat is Fredrick, the birthplace of Joel Soffer, arguably the best president of the United States that you’ve never heard of because I made him up, and proud owner of … Continue reading Bad Flag: Fredrick County, Maryland (probably 1998-2023)
This one’s. bit of an odd one, it isn’t frequent that I post flags that represent people rather than places, but this one counts as a place, and just keep reading to see why. The Circassians are an ethnic group from the northwestern part of the Caucasians (i.e. Georgia/Russia) that are descendants of residents of an old nation named Circassia. They were sadly exiled from … Continue reading Good Flag: Circassian flag
I should mention that there is one unwritten rule when it comes to putting maps on flags… If the place you’re representing is [mostly] a polygon, do not put it on the map. The flag of the county seat, also named Bandera, is equally bad: Continue reading Bad Flag: Bandera County, Texas
This is a cool city flag! They chose a phoenix to put on their flag because the city is, well, named Phoenix, but it actually kinda looks like the flag a comic book evil empire would fly: Nya-ha-ha-ha! Fellow Phoenicians, our first stage of world domination is complete! Now it’s time for our second phase: moving the earth closer to the sun so that the … Continue reading Good Flag: Phoenix, Arizona
This is a bad flag, what with the city and state name, the numbers, and the seal, though the only part I like is the cool motto across the bottom. It sounds like a motto for a brand of cars: Buy the new 2026 Oil City Truck, proudly manufactured exclusively in Pennsylvania, where tradition meets innovation. Our dedicated workforce, comprised of skilled artisans and enthusiastic … Continue reading Bad Flag: Oil City, Pennsylvania
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