Maine will keep its current flag design after voters rejected a proposal to restore the original "pine tree" flag in Tuesday's election. Question 5 on the ballot asked residents if they wanted to ...

A referendum to replace Maine’s official flag with a design from more than a hundred years ago was soundly defeated on Election Day. Question 5 sought to restore the 1901 “Pine Tree Flag.” ...

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - We wrap up our look at this year’s Referendum questions. NewsSource 8 reporter Janelle Lopez explains question 5. Referendum question number 5 on this year’s ...

The design brief dictated the flag’s background had to be buff, a pine tree had to be in the center, and a five-pointed star had to be in the upper corner. In 1909 Maine adopted its current flag ...

replaced as the official flag of the State in 1909 and commonly known as the Pine Tree Flag, the official flag of the State? The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before ...

It represents revolution against the government. If you search for an image of “pine tree flag,” that’s what you’ll mostly find. It was used leading up to the American Revolution.

A state committee selected a contest winner from more than 400 submissions. The Chuck Norris flag didn’t make the cut. By Alex Vadukul For more than a century, Maine’s state flag has been a ...

Americans love flying flags. Not just the Stars and Stripes—flags of their state, their city, their alma mater. Last year, three flags were flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s ...

That flag, featuring a pine tree and the words “AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN,” dates to the Revolutionary War, but has recently been associated with the Christian nationalist movement and the false ...

Replacing the flag seemed quixotic when it was first proposed by former Rep. Sean Paulhus back in 2021. It garnered few votes the first time out, yet all over the state people were flying the pine ...