The new flag is a very well done work of art but a terrible flag. White Pines have no limbs in the lower half. This fact made them the best ships masts in the world. 20 Years after Plymouth Rock, Maine was swarming with crews in a Mad dash, looking for them. The same people settled the region and provided its british character. Just look at all the Royal and King references around you, not to mention the Mast Roads here and there and everywhere. Its was that bare lower trunk that did all that.
The ugly plain limbless look with everything bunched up top determined everything about Maines Early History. These are the trees whose ugliness built the British Navy and the British Empire and America itself. The ugly ungainly Great White Pine changed world history. To cover up its ugliness in a state flag is a McDonalds version of history.
I would not expect a youngster to know much about 1600's Maine yet, the failure was obviously not the artist. She depended on her state rep and the community historical gate keepers for that ! I would like to be the first to call for the artist to give us a second flag, anatomically and historically accurate. Maine only got it right one other time in 1901. In this most superficial of times. Lets ask this great artist for a redo.