Seattle George sculpture in Freeway Park.
State highway sign in Washington
I wouldn't be too surprised to see this here.
However, I can't say the same thing about the Washington flag. In fact, I'd say it's probably one of the worst flags in the United States. It's just a picture of George Washington's head on a green background.
I know the state is named after George Washington and all, but couldn't they have come up with something better than that?
I think their first mistake was naming the state after Washington. He was a good general, first president, and dollar bill, but there's already a Washington in the United States, did we have to create another? That's just unoriginal.
But, one thing I've realized is that these Washingtonians love them their George Washington. This guy's face is everywhere.
There's a park downtown and one of the sculptures is a 360 degree profile of George Washington (see picture to right).
And the symbol for state highways here is the highway number on top of a white silhouette of Washington's profile. I guess that might be better than the shape of Washington state on the signs, but come on, the state's named after him, isn't that enough? Does he have to be everywhere?
I guess it's not really a big deal, I mean, at least they don't have murals of him here, as far as I know.
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what bothers me about it is that he never went to the state or even knew it would ever become a state or really knew anything about the pacific northwest at all during his lifetime.
It is like they are trying to suck up to the rest of the nation.
Hey, look at us, we are big patriots.
Not original and no personality.
They should have picked a president like Van Buren or something like that ... where is the love for him?
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