Chris Guevin, director of facilities management, carries the folded former state flag of Minnesota down a staircase leading away from the flagpole during a pre-dawn cereony at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)
Charlie Krueger, a grounds supervisor for facilities management at the Department of Administration, unfurls and hooks up the new Minnesota state flag to be raised for the first time at sunrise atop the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)
Charlie Krueger, a grounds supervisor for facilities management at the Department of Administration, raises the new Minnesota state flag for the first time at sunrise atop the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)
Charlie Krueger, a grounds supervisor for facilities management at the Department of Administration, raises the new Minnesota state flag for the first time at sunrise atop the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)