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    ᏣᎳᎩ: ᎤᎩᏓᎵᏱ ᎦᏓᏘ
    Français cadien : Flag de la Pennsylvanie
    Hawaiʻi: Ka hae Penekelewinia
    Latina: Vexillum Pennsilvaniae
    Diné bizaad: Pénsówéíniyah Hahoodzo bidah naatʼaʼí
    Deitsch: Faahne vun Pennsilfaani
    Русский: Флаг Пенсильвании
    Српски / srpski: Zastava američke savezne države Pennsylvanie
    Svenska: Pennsylvanias flagga
    日本語: ペンシルベニア州の旗
    中文:​賓夕法尼亞州州旗
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    Source from the xrmap flag collection 2.7
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    Simtropolitan, Jean-Pierre Demailly (old version) permission=

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    State flag of Pennsylvania showing the state coat of arms on top of a blue background

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    current16:08, 24 July 2026Thumbnail for version as of 16:08, 24 July 2026740 × 540 (469 KB)HoosierMan1816Reverted to version as of 14:20, 9 November 2025 (UTC) https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information/view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1907&ActNum=0373.&SessInd=0
    04:20, 23 July 2026Thumbnail for version as of 04:20, 23 July 2026740 × 540 (469 KB)CutlassReverted to version as of 11:05, 28 November 2022 (UTC) nope
    14:20, 9 November 2025Thumbnail for version as of 14:20, 9 November 2025740 × 540 (469 KB)HoosierMan1816Updated the blue to match the United States flag per the flag code.
    11:05, 28 November 2022Thumbnail for version as of 11:05, 28 November 2022740 × 540 (469 KB)John emil hernandezreduce file size
    12:27, 4 November 2022Thumbnail for version as of 12:27, 4 November 2022740 × 540 (761 KB)TheTaraStarkReverted to version as of 13:43, 4 August 2022 (UTC) The reason the lighter blue is flown is because mass-producers get their SVG files from Wikipedia, the reason the 2:3/3:5 ratios are flown is because most mass-producers don't produce non-standard ratio flags. If you want to create an alternate 2:3 or 3:5 version for mass-producers, do that. This is used as a definitive version on Wikipedia and is meant to be accurate as defined by the Pennsylvania state legislature and secretary of state,...
    03:27, 27 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 03:27, 27 October 2022675 × 450 (825 KB)DamponomicsReverted to version as of 00:45, 20 October 2022 (UTC) Other source is more timely (https://www.pa.gov/guides/state-symbols/). What I'm guessing is that the 1907 law is the de jure law, but not necessarily the one frequently flown
    00:58, 25 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 00:58, 25 October 2022740 × 540 (761 KB)SuperSkaterDude45Reverted to version as of 13:43, 4 August 2022 (UTC) According to https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1907/0/0373..HTM
    00:45, 20 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 00:45, 20 October 2022675 × 450 (825 KB)DamponomicsReverted to version as of 12:45, 12 June 2022 (UTC) According to https://www.pa.gov/guides/state-symbols/#StateEmblems
    13:43, 4 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:43, 4 August 2022740 × 540 (761 KB)TheTaraStarkChanged dimensions to match ratio designated by Act of Jun. 13, 1907, P.L. 560, No. 373 Cl. 38 - FLAG OF PENNSYLVANIA DESIGNATED: "the fly of the said flag to be six feet two inches, and to be four feet six inches on the staff;"
    13:10, 4 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:10, 4 August 2022675 × 450 (700 KB)TheTaraStarkModified shade of blue to match flag of the United States per Act of Jun. 13, 1907, P.L. 560, No. 373 Cl. 38 - FLAG OF PENNSYLVANIA DESIGNATED
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