Solution: National Museum of American History
Answer: BLOCKPARTY
Written by Pratik Rathore, with ideas from Dawson Do
Each line clues one of the state flags, so the first step is to identify them. The letters that are replaced by the white flags read: USE STATE ADMIT NUMBERS
Using the state’s admission number as an index into the alphabet gives the answer: BLOCK PARTY
| Prompt | State | Flag Letters | Admit Number | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two black horses and an emblem of the ⚐nion looking awe⚐ome | Pennsylvania | US | 2 | B |
| Ant⚐cedent⚐ to the Declaration of Independence | North Carolina | ES | 12 | L |
| A pioneer embracing a statesman, with a saying by ano⚐her f⚐mous statesman | Kentucky | TA | 15 | O |
| Two goddesses, and a cres⚐ with a horse’s h⚐ad | New Jersey | TE | 3 | C |
| A foot upon a crown, and a smiling sun in the b⚐ckgroun⚐ | New York | AD | 11 | K |
| Three ⚐agn⚐ficent stars and a blue bar | Tennessee | MI | 16 | P |
| A farmer and a soldier s⚐aring at a saili⚐g ship | Delaware | TN | 1 | A |
| Three drops of blood, and an ⚐pset ⚐other bird | Louisiana | UM | 18 | R |
| Contains its sym⚐olic flow⚐r, a welcome update | Mississippi | BE | 20 | T |
| A sta⚐-⚐tudded lozenge with one of them upended | Arkansas | RS | 25 | Y |
Author’s Notes
Dawson: I'm glad that this got to be one of the first puzzles to reference the new Mississippi state flag.