FILE – Mississippi National Day of Prayer attendees raise a “Appeal to Heaven” flag in lieu of the Mississippi State flag at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, May 3, 2018. Voters in Maine are going to decide in November 2024, whether to adopt a new flag, but the state needs to settle on a design first. The process was without controversy until publicity surrounding a similar-looking flag flown at the vacation home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)
Maine opens contest to design a new state flag based on an old classic
