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As the Resident Astronomer of IB, I feel morally obliged to object to that inaccurate rendition of the Big Dipper.

It was sewn by a patriotic Lady of Philadelphia, not an astronomer! We talked about this a couple years ago. It was decided that the "astronomically correct" version would not reflect NAL's history. And anyway, it is taken directly from the Alaskan flag (from *here*: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/student_info/student.htm ) which is also not correct astronomically.

Right, I do seem to have a déjà lu now that you mention it. Son blire, i Aljescani. ;oP The Jervan 16:19, 1 May 2005 (PDT)

I find its use as a flag a stroke of sheer genius, so it deserves proper execution.

The NAL's parliament has hashed this issue over several times in the past. They decided that Betina Rosen's work of pure love for her beloved Pennsylvaania and the "Plight of the Continent" outweighed the rational arguments of the "astronomically correct". See http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad/nal_flag.htm

Her flag originally had a square set of stars at the base, rather than the later, slightly raised version that became common soon after her original was first unfurled.

Don't these look much more familiar? The Jervan 15:39, 1 May 2005 (PDT)

All in all, the proposal you describe IS a part of *there*'s American history; but like adopting the turkey as the national bird... I should write up a fuller description of the old proposals. Elemtilas