New Flag

May 29, 1948, Appleton Post-Crescent

In the state's centennial year, a lot of activities like this, I'm sure, were instigated by communities and schools statewide and this became a familiar sight.  I'll bet more state flags made their appearance that year than ever before in Wisconsin's 100 year history up to that point.  And in case you were wondering why it might not seem that familiar, in 1979, the state legislature added the word "Wisconsin" and "1848" to the flag to distinguish it from the many other blue background state flags for some reason.  To what was already considered as a "too-cluttered" state flag by some, this didn't help any, if you ask me.