Quick: If you had to design a flag for New York State, what would you put on it? Maybe you'd go with a couple slices of highly foldable cheese pizza criss-crossed in front of the Empire State Building. Maybe you'd choose the Charging Bull of Wall Street. Maybe you'd remember that New York isn't just a city and you'd choose the state capitol building in Albany or a mountainous scene from the Catskills. But let's be honest: You probably wouldn't go with the incarnations of Liberty and Justice standing on either side of the Hudson River.

That central image for the New York State flag is actually the coat of arms-like New York State seal, which is set against a dark blue background. There's a gold-rimmed shield in the center featuring a scene from the natural world: forests, mountains, the Hu

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