> Without labeling, any flag could be from almost anywhere until you're told otherwise. That's not the complaint against the Illinois flag; the complaint is th

> Without labeling, any flag could be from almost anywhere until you're told otherwise. That's not the complaint against the Illinois flag; the complaint is that, even after being shown it, and being told what it is, you'd still have trouble picking it out from a row of state flags 24 hours later. There are worse offenders than Illinois, though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Idaho.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Idaho.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kansas.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kansas.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kentucky.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kentucky.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maine.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maine.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Minnesota.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Minnesota.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Michigan.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Michigan.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Montana.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Montana.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nebraska.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nebraska.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_York.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_York.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Dakota.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Dakota.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Utah_(enhanced_variant).svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Utah_(enhanced_var... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Vermont.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Vermont.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Virginia.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Virginia.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg By contrast, once you learn one of these flags, you'll be able to identify it easily, even from a distance, and never mistake it for another one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maryland.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maryland.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Quebec.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Quebec.svg