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Resident urges Freeborn County to stop flying old Minnesota flag, calls seal imagery 'dehumanizing'
Summary
During public comment a resident said Freeborn County still flies the pre‑2024 Minnesota flag and argued the old seal’s imagery is dehumanizing; she asked whether the county had purchased old flags since the state adopted a new flag on May 11, 2024. No board action was taken at the meeting.
Jennifer Vogt Erickson told the Freeborn County Board of Commissioners that the county continues to fly Minnesota’s old flag and urged officials to consider replacing it with the new state flag adopted on May 11, 2024.
Vogt Erickson said she had asked county staff two follow-up questions: how many old flags remain in county inventory and whether the county had purchased additional flags of the old design…
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