‘It will represent Utah from now to — I hope — forever’: Utah’s new flag is now official

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, has seen plenty of copies of Utah’s new state flag since his bill designating the design narrowly cleared the Utah Legislature last year.

But as he arrived at the Utah Capitol Saturday morning, he felt something different as he came across a massive 60-foot-long and 30-foot-tall version of the flag hoisted in the air in front of the building by a pair of Salt Lake City Fire engines. It brought back all the memories that led to this moment.

“That was breathtaking,” he said. “We had so many people involved in this process all across the state and the first time, this flag was created with public input. Seeing all that public input culminating in this, it’s very rewarding.”

Saturday is when the new design officially became Utah’s state flag, while its previous design — created more than a century ago — became its historical one. Gov. Spencer Cox, McCay and members of the Utah Symbols Commission celebrated with a special flag-raising ceremony on the steps of the Utah Capitol.

A crowd of several dozen people of all ages — many holding miniature Utah flags and some with full-sized flags wrapped around them — cheered as the flag slowly made it to the top of the pole and began to sway in a light breeze, flying above all the other versions of flags in Utah’s history.

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