After seeing that California has a bill to make Bigfoot their official state cryptid, I fell down a rabbit hole of official state things, and well…
I like Illinois’ one – it’s more blue than the others, and I think that’s cool.
Washington released theirs just in time (1991) to be worn on plaid shirts at grunge concerts.
To be fair, most Scottish tartans have no more historical legitimacy than these.
Official tartans are silly. It’s just someone with enough money and time picking a pattern that isn’t claimed.
This post has big CGP Grey energy and I love it
States have “official” everything. It’s a waste of time and taxpayer money.
Assembly Bill 666, seriously?
The most lumberjack-y tartans are Iowa (8% forests), Nevada (15% forests), Washington (52% forests), and Wisconsin (48% forests).
