For Massachusetts, it is a Cracker Barrel moment.

Does the state swap its historic seal and flag for a bland replacement — and succumb to progressive pressure — or does it stick to its historic roots?

Cracker Barrel tried it, and it did not work. Their original, folksy logo featured farmer “Uncle Herschel,” but the re-design went for sleek, modern and Herschel-less. Backlash soared, sales tanked.

Still, that is the question at hand as a special panel, loftily called the Massachusetts Seal, Flag and Motto Advisory Commission, last week came up with several proposed milquetoast designs for a new state flag and seal, along with a new state motto.

The commission was created in 2021 to come up with a new state seal following the national outrage over the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Tha

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