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Novelty flags (U.S.)

Many companies make and sell, and people accordingly display, a number of variations on the US flag expressing a wide range of political, social, and other views. Some examples are shown here.

Militaria
Civil Rights flag
Confederate flag variations
Geronimo flag
Camouflage flags
End of Trail flag
Jerry Garcia Imaginary Flag

See also:

Militaria

Chains version of the POW MIA flag
image by Rick Prohaska, 7 March 2008

Black and red version of POW MIA
image by Rick Prohaska, 7 March 2008

I have seen many embroidered patches using many color combinations of this flag. There is a Black and Harley Orange version of The POW MIA. I'll let you imagine it - it's orange in place of red.
Rick Prohaska, 7 March 2008

Bring them Home version
image by Rick Prohaska, 7 March 2008

New Cold War Veterans flag
image by Rick Prohaska, 7 March 2008

Civil Rights flag

This "Civil Rights US-Flag" is marketed at https://www.civilrightsusflag.com.
After the tragic death of George Floyd, it was designed by Sabina Hills on 8/8/2020 to create awareness for Americans to display as a symbol of their commitment to the concepts of freedom, equality, and justice for all. https://www.etsy.com/shop/CivilRightsUSFlag
Sabina Hills, 6 December 2020

The Civil Rights US-Flag was designed to create awareness for Americans to display as a symbol of their commitment to the concepts of freedom, equality, and justice for all. While the days of slavery are long behind us, our Nation is clearly not free from discrimination and oppression on many levels, and the complexities of this reality were dramatically brought to light by the video of George Floyd’s death. The Civil Rights US-Flag design is not meant to add to the divisive atmosphere. Instead, its purpose is to help keep a laser focus on the problem; and it is giving people a chance to show their solidarity, and encourage the kind of productive dialogue that will move us forward toward meaningful solutions rather than splitting us further apart.

United Despite Our Differences
To create the Civil Rights US Flag, we used our National Flag as the basis. This Flag already symbolizes those who chose to stay for the American Experiment. It represents a place of hope—a melting pot offering equal civil rights to all. The Civil Rights US Flag differs from the National Flag because of the colorful stars. The colors include our various skin tones, red, brown, white, black, and yellow. It's the far too long missing part of our Flag, it makes visible, how our country looks like, which makes us so special compared to many other Countries.

The Civil Rights US-Flag celebrates our Beauty of Diversity!
The wonderful idea of the American Experiment that is based on immigration inspired us, to design and express how can a flag unite us as citizens, of all colors and backgrounds, peacefully. The presentation from left to the right is in order of the first arrival of various groups on the American continent and also the Hawaiian Islands. Therefore we chose for the first star to be red on purpose because it represents Native Americans (First Nations) and our respect for their Human Rights as well as their land rights. Since they were in America first, we thought it would only be right to give their star a special place on the flag. Then we added the colors of our various skin tones, brown, white, black, and yellow, in order of the first arrival of various groups to the U.S.

Explanation:
Red stands for the First Nation / Native Americans
Brown stands for Polynesian / Spaniards
White stands for Spaniards* / Europeans
Black stands for Africans
Yellow stands for Asians
* Spaniards are named twice because some call themselves brown others themselves white.

Every group is represented by the same number of stars to show that we are all equal. The diversity of all the stars coming together shows a beautiful whole picture of the United States—many people from many backgrounds, all equal, living united in justice and peace.

Now the new Civil Rights US-Flag differs from the National Flag by the brightly different, skin-colored stars, a part that has been missing for too long. It is a symbol that good and justice can transcend hatred and discrimination. Show Your Support with a Civil Rights US Flag

The movement behind the Civil Rights US flag is meant to inspire and motivate people to fight for each other. We believe in the good of people and the power to overcome our differences.

Other groups the stars represent include:
Members of the LGBTQ+ community
People of all genders
People of all faiths and religion
People of all socioeconomic backgrounds
People of all disabilities and abilities
People of all shapes and sizes
People of all ages

https://www.civilrightsusflag.com
https://www.civilrightsusflag.com/about
https://www.civilrightsusflag.com/meaning-of-the-flag
Sabina Hills, 7 December 2020

Confederate flag variations

image by Rick Prohaska, 7 April 2005

Geronimo flag

image by Rick Prohaska, 19 December 2005

Camouflage flags

image by Rick Prohaska, 19 December 2005

End of Trail flag

image by Rick Prohaska, 16 August 2007

A USA flag with native American end of the trail print.

The "Native American end of trail print" is actually based on the sculpture "End of The Trail" by James Earle Fraser. It's a fairly iconic image, also used previously (among other places) on the cover of the Beach Boys' album "Surf's Up".
James Dignan, 16 August 2007

Jerry Garcia Imaginary Flag

image by Dave Martucci, 20 July 2025

In an article in today’s New York Times, entitled "The Political Legacy of Jerry Garcia" by Jim Newton (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/opinion/jerry-garcia-politics.html), an imaginary Jerry Garcia flag is illustrated. I have reversed it and realigned it to standard imagery.

Jerry (1942-1995) was the front man for the band “The Grateful Dead” which still has a world wide following. Don’t be surprised to see this flying for real. If you spot one, let me know, I want one!
Dave Martucci, 20 July 2025