Editing Flag of Oregon (section)

==Proposed change==
[[File:Proposed flag of Oregon (1976).svg|thumb|Jean-Claude Muller's proposed flag (1976)]]
As part of the [[United States Bicentennial]] in 1976, the [[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]] held a nationwide contest for new flags for American states, cities and other entities. A panel of judges selected 25 of the best designs to be displayed at various exhibitions around the United States. Among the selected designs was a proposed flag for Oregon, designed by Jean-Claude Muller. It consisted of a pattern of nine green triangles against a background of three vertical stripes of blue-white-blue, symbolising the forest, the ocean and the lakes of the state. Although it was hoped that the winning designs might be considered for adoption by their respective entities, no flags from this contest were ever officially adopted.<ref>{{cite book |year=1976 |title="New Glory": A Flag History and Design Project for the American Revolution Bicentennial Part II: New Designs for Flags |page=12 |publisher=[[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]] |location=Santa Barbara, California |oclc=1022565103 |url=https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2456_300062494.pdf |via=[[Museum of Modern Art]] |accessdate=March 1, 2025}}</ref>

In anticipation of the Oregon Sesquicentennial in 2009, ''[[The Oregonian]]'' organized a statewide contest in 2008 to redesign the state flag.<ref name="flagcontest">{{cite news |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon/index.ssf/2008/12/redesign_the_oregon_flag.html |title= Redesign the Oregon flag |work= [[The Oregonian]] |access-date= June 16, 2010 |date= December 11, 2008}}</ref> The newspaper collected and published the entries with the public voting on the winning design. The winning design was created by Randall Gray, a map maker for [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]]. In his design, Gray emphasized the beaver found on the current flag's reverse. The star represents Oregon's place in the Union while the green represents the natural wilderness and forests of Oregon.<ref name="flagcontest"/> After the contest had started with votes being cast, there were requests for the ''Oregonian'' to add an 11th option, "NONE OF THE ABOVE", meaning, keep the current state flag as it is. In the final tally of votes, "NONE" received the most votes.

'''Finalists'''
<gallery>
Flag of Oregon proposal (Gerald H. Black).svg|Flag A - Designed by Gerald H. Black
Flag of Oregon proposal (Eddy Lyons).svg|Flag B - Designed by Eddy Lyons
Flag of Oregon proposal (Douglas Lynch).svg|Flag C - Designed by Douglas Lynch
Flag of Oregon proposal (Jaymes Walker).svg|Flag D - Designed by Jaymes Walker
Flag of Oregon proposal (John Mothershead).svg|Flag E - Designed by John Mothershead
Flag of Oregon proposal (T.J. Borzner).svg|Flag F - Designed by T.J. Borzner
Flag of Oregon proposal (Randall Gray).svg|Flag G - Designed by Randall Gray
Flag of Oregon proposal (Lorraine Bushek).svg|Flag H - Designed by Lorraine Bushek
Flag of Oregon proposal (Karen L. Azinger).svg|Flag I - Designed by Karen L. Azinger
Flag of Oregon proposal (Thomas Lincoln).svg|Flag J - Designed by Thomas Lincoln
</gallery>

In 2013, a bill was introduced to the Oregon Senate that would have made several changes to the flag design; however, the bill never made it out of committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1/Measures/Text/SB473?BillFileId=56566 |title=Oregon Senate Bill 473 |access-date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> This bill was sponsored by state [[Laurie Monnes Anderson|Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson]], on behalf of [[Gresham, Oregon|Gresham]] resident Matt Norquist, who lobbied for the flag's change.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neworegonflag.org/ |title=www.neworegonflag.org |access-date=November 25, 2013 |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031172158/http://www.neworegonflag.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Flag of Oregon proposal (2013, Norquist).svg|thumb|Matt Norquist's proposed flag (2013)]]

The bill describes the proposed design as follows:
{{cquote|The flag shall feature a vertical bicolor split with a navy blue field at the hoist and a gold field at the fly. In the canton the flag shall bear a representation of the beaver, in gold, facing the hoist. On the fly the flag shall bear a vertical stripe in navy blue, and a white star shall be centered at the vertical halfway point of the stripe. The obverse and reverse of the flag shall be mirror images of each other.}}



'''<big>Unapproved Proposed Municipal Flag for Pendleton Oregon</big>'''

[[File: Pendleton Oregon Flag.png|thumb|A Proposed but Unapproved Flag

Presented to Pendleton City Council on January, 7th 2025.]]

"The Flag shall bear a blue field with a horizontal white stripe in the center.
A blue circle on the left side featuring a gold beaver.
Three blue stars are positioned to the right of the circle within the white stripe."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pendleton, Oregon (U.S.) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-orpen.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref>