{"id":138,"date":"2019-10-01T20:29:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T04:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2020-07-03T22:16:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T06:16:45","slug":"oregon-vexillology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Vexillology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon&#8217;s flag is unique in that it has a different design on the front than on the reverse. The front is a typical state flag featuring the state seal and the year Oregon was accepted into the Union.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-front.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-front-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-front-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-front.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front side of the current Oregon flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reverse features a beaver facing the hoist. This side actually exhibits some degree of good\u00a0vexillological design for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The elements would make sense as a mirror image, so that it doesn&#8217;t matter which side of the flag you observed, it would be readily understood.<\/li>\n<li>The elements are large and can be easily seen from distance.<\/li>\n<li>Few colors are used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-reverse.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-137\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-reverse-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-reverse-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-reverse.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reverse side of the current Oregon flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Consider the following potential redesigns. Each calls upon elements of the current flag, whether they be color or symbol.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-197 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-5-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alternate design for the flag of Oregon.<br \/>\u00a9 2013 John Schneider. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-3-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-3-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-3-768x461.png 768w, http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-3-600x360.png 600w, http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flag-of-Oregon-3.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another alternate design for the flag of Oregon.<br \/>\n\u00a9 2013 John Schneider. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon&#8217;s flag is unique in that it has a different design on the front than on the reverse. The front is a typical state flag&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/?p=138\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oregon Vexillology<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[83,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lunarmotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}