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Minnesota retires old flag, unveils new one
Minnesota retired its old state flag and emblem, with the new ones officially taking over. FOX 9's Babs Santos has the story.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesotans are waking up to a new state seal and flag on Saturday morning.
The old flags were taken down and retired just before sunrise on Saturday at the Minnesota State Capitol and the Veterans Service Building in St. Paul.
The new state flags were then raised at sunrise and the old flags will be preserved by the Minnesota Historical Society.
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Minnesota unveils new state flag
The new Minnesota state flags were raised at sunrise on Saturday. The old state flags will be preserved by the Minnesota Historical Society.
"We preserve and keep about 1,000 flags and banners from Minnesota history, so this preservation of artifacts like this state flag is nothing new to us," said Director and CEO of the Minnesota Historical Society Kent Whitworth. "We've got state-of-the-art facilities, we've got a textile conservator, so we can assure all Minnesotans that these two flags that were retired this morning will be in good hands."
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State leaders and other officials held a reception Saturday to unveil the new state seal. View the raw ceremony below:
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Minnesota leaders officially unveil new state seal [RAW]
Minnesota leaders officially unveiled the new state seal Saturday afternoon.