A version of this article first appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal on March 24, 2001. For more than 60 years beginning in 1929, Nevada's state flag had a design that the Legislature did not adopt.

Three major military events will occur in June, beginning with Flag Day and the celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday on June 14. The Nevada National Guard is hosting its 27th annual Flag Day ...

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive ...