Distress Flag Designs

Fourteen variations of the Self-Evident LLC distress flag design are displayed below for any who may wish to copy and share, with or without the Flag Code.

I developed the designs and established an online Self-Evident LLC store in this space in 2019 in the hope that sales of logo t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, bumper stickers and later, masks, would provide for the designs to enter the public discourse while covering the cost of their development. That didn’t happen and I closed the store in 2021 as I was unable to continue to support it out-of-pocket.

Since then the designs have seemed to me more and more pertinent. I remain hopeful that they may yet contribute to the national discussion of who and what we’re going to be and do in the coming months and years.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, §8 Respect for Flag:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

Initially I worried that the Distress Flag designs would be knocked off and that any revenue from sales of logo items would be realized by others. These days I’d be very pleased if that were to happen.

Chris Weinmann
Norwich, Vermont
January 2025