North Carolina Alternative Flag

Andrew Cusack describes an interesting grant of arms by the British College of Arms to the senate of the state of North Carolina.
While the design itself is flawless, I'm rather surprised the senators didn't take offense at the blatant colonialist symbolism. The Senate adopted it as its own arms anyway (which did not alter the status of the state's seal.)
At any rate, the design is a perfect basis for a banner of arms, which could provide for an alternative to the state's present, characteristically drab, flag.