All 50 State Flags (With Meanings & Fun Facts)

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Learn about the history and origin of all 50 state flags
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State flags offer unique insight into the history and values of each American state. Often featuring significant state symbols, state flags carry meaning and significance for the state they represent… and sometimes even controversy! Use this guide to learn more about the design of all 50 state flags, complete with historical fun facts!

U.S. State Flags

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An illustration of the 50 American state flags.

State flags often feature state seals or other significant symbols from state history. Some flags include state flowers, state birds, or religious symbols. Many flags have been redesigned multiple times, and some states have held contests for citizens to submit design ideas.

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Alabama

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    Alabama’s state flag features the Scottish crimson cross of St. Andrew against a white background. Representing the letter “X,” the St. Andrew’s Cross is also called the “saltier” or “Crux Decussata.” Tradition holds that Andrew was crucified on this cross because he felt unworthy of dying on the same style of cross as Jesus.[1]
    • Year Adopted: 1895
    • State-Specific Salute: “Flag of Alabama I salute thee. To thee I pledge my allegiance, my service, and my life.”
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Alaska

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    Alaska’s state flag depicts the 8 stars of the Big Dipper against a blue background intended to represent the sky and the forget-me-not flower. It was adopted after a state-wide contest for children grades 7-12 to design the state flag. Benny Benson, the 7th grader who designed it said, “The blue field is for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-not, an Alaska flower. The North Star is for the future of the state of Alaska, the most northerly in the Union. The dipper is for the Great Bear – symbolizing strength.”[2]
    • Year Adopted: 1927
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Arizona

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    Arizona’s state flag has a star in the center and is divided into 2 halves—the top half features 13 alternating red and yellow rays, and the bottom half is solid blue. The 13 alternating rays represent America’s 13 colonies and are red and yellow in reference to the Spanish flags Coronado carried when he came to Arizona in 1540. The blue is the same blue in the U.S. flag, and the star in the middle is copper because of Arizona’s copper production.[3]
    • Year Adopted: 1917
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Arkansas

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    Arkansas’ state flag consists of a large, white diamond bordered by 25 stars on a blue band and 3 blue stars in a straight line in the center of the diamond. Willie Hocker, the winner of the state-wide flag design contest, explained that the 3 blue stars represented France, Spain, and the United States, the 3 countries that Arkansas belonged to before achieving statehood. The 25 stars represent Arkansas’ status as the 25th state admitted to the union, and the diamond represents Arkansas as the first diamond-producing state.[4]
    • Year Adopted: 1913
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the Arkansas Flag with its diamond and stars. We pledge our loyalty to thee.”
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California

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    California’s state flag depicts a grizzly bear above the words “California Republic,” against a white background with a red stripe at the bottom and a red star in the corner. The elements of the design originally appeared in 1846, during the Sonoma uprising, or “Bear Flag Revolt,” in an effort for independence before California became part of the U.S.[5]
    • Year Adopted: 1911
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Colorado

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    Colorado’s state flag consists of 2 horizontal blue stripes with a horizontal white stripe in the middle and a circular red C with a golden disk that fills the open space in the C. The blue and red are the same colors depicted on the U.S. flag. The red C stands for Colorado, which is a Spanish word that means red, but it also stands for centennial (since Colorado was admitted to the Union on America’s hundredth anniversary) and columbine, the state flower.[6]
    • Year Adopted: 1911
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Connecticut

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    Connecticut’s state flag features white, armorial bearings bordered with gold and silver and a white streamer with the motto “Qui Transtulit Sustinet,” or “He Who Transplanted Still Sustains,” all set against a blue background. The flag was designed by the Anna Warner Bailey chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was passed after multiple hearings and debates.[7]
    • Year Adopted: 1897
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Delaware

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    Delaware’s state flag has the Delaware coat of arms in a buff-colored diamond, set against a colonial blue background. It has the date that Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, “December 7, 1787,” at the bottom. The colors of the flag are meant to represent those from George Washington’s uniform. The flag also pays tribute to the significance of commerce, agriculture, and revolutionary war soldiers.[8]
    • Year Adopted: 1913
9

Florida

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    Florida’s state flag consists of the Florida state seal in the center of a St. Andrew’s Cross, set against a white background. While the flag was originally just the seal against a white background, Governor Francis P. Fleming suggested adding the red cross so it wouldn’t look like a white flag of surrender or truce.[9]
    • Year Adopted: 1900
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Georgia

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    Georgia’s state flag features a background of 3 horizontal stripes (red-white-red) with the state coat of arms in a blue canton, encircled by 13 white stars. The Georgia state flag has gone through the most variations in design in the nation, and this design was the third in a span of 27 months. This spur of new flags came in 1998 as a response to controversy surrounding the use of the Confederate battle flag in the previously adopted flag from 1956.[10]
    • Year Adopted: 2004
    • State-Specific Salute: “I pledge allegiance to the Georgia flag and to the principles for which it stands; Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation.”
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Hawaii

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    Hawaii’s state flag has the British Union Jack in the top left corner and 8 horizontal, red, white, and blue stripes. The Union Jack acknowledges the ties between the Royal Navy and the Kingdom of Hawaii, with each of the stripes symbolizing the 8 major Hawaiian Islands. It was designed by King Kamehameha I and is the only U.S. state flag to incorporate the flag of another country.[11]
    • Year Adopted: 1816
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Idaho

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    Idaho’s state flag consists of the state seal in the middle of a blue background, above a red and gold banner that says, “State of Idaho.” It is meant to reflect Idaho’s people, landscapes, and resources. The seal in the center features mountains, rivers, and wildlife and was designed by Emma Edwards Green in 1891.[12]
    • Year Adopted: 1907
13

Illinois

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  1. Flag of Illinois Step 13.png
    Illinois’ state flag features a bald eagle standing on a boulder and holding a streamer featuring the state motto, “State sovereignty, national union,” in its beak and a shield with 13 bars and stars in its claws. The boulder has 2 dates on it for the dates of Statehood and the State Seal. The 13 bars and stars represent the first 13 states in the U.S.[13]
    • Year Adopted: 1869
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Indiana

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  1. Flag of Indiana Step 14.png
    Indiana’s state flag features a flaming gold torch surrounded by 19 stars, set against a blue background. The torch is meant to symbolize liberty and enlightenment, with rays illustrate their far-reaching influence. Thirteen of the stars are for the original states, and the other 5 are for those that gained statehood before Indiana. Paul Hadley designed the flag for a competition sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution.[14]
    • Year Adopted: 1917
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Iowa

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    Iowa’s state flag consists of 3 vertical stripes (blue, white, and red) with an eagle in the center carrying a blue streamer with the state motto, “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain,” with the word “Iowa” below. After nearly 75 years without a state flag, the Iowan flag was designed so the National Guardsmen unit could have proper representation. Dixie Cornell of the Daughters of the American Revolution designed the flag and chose the color blue for loyalty, justice, and truth, white for purity, and red for courage.[15]
    • Year Adopted: 1921
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Kansas

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  1. Flag of Kansas Step 16.png
    The Kansas state flag features the Kansas state seal in the center with a sunflower above it and the word “Kansas” below it, all set against a blue background. The sunflower, the state flower, represents citizens’ ability to face their challenges with courage. The state seal features 34 stars in recognition of Kansas as the 34th state to join the U.S., as well as the words “ad astra per aspera,” or “to the stars through difficulties.”[16]
    • Year Adopted: 1927
17

Kentucky

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  1. Flag of Kentucky Step 17.png
    Kentucky’s state flag depicts the Commonwealth seal surrounded by the words, “Commonwealth of Kentucky,” and goldenrod flowers, set against a blue background. The seal features the state motto, “United we stand, divided we fall,” which comes from “The Liberty Song.” The goldenrod is the state flower and the colors of the flag are the same as those of the Kentucky militia. Prior to the flag’s adoption, Kentucky had used the Union Jack, the Confederate flag, and the Union flag at various points.[17]
    • Year Adopted: 1918
    • State-Specific Salute: “I pledge allegiance to the Kentucky flag, and to the sovereign state for which it stands, one commonwealth, blessed with diversity, natural wealth, beauty, and grace from on high.”
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Louisiana

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  1. Flag of Louisiana Step 18.png
    Louisiana’s state flag shows a mother pelican feeding 3 nestlings with her own blood above the state motto, “Union Justice Confidence,” set against a blue background. The pelican, also called the “Pelican in her Piety,” is a symbol of the Catholic Church and comes from pre-Christian myths representing Christ’s sacrifice.[18]
    • Year Adopted: 1912
    • State-Specific Salute: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the state of Louisiana and the motto for which it stands: A state, under God, united in purpose and ideals, confident that justice shall prevail for all those abiding here.”
19

Maine

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  1. Flag of Maine Step 19.png
    Maine’s state flag is the state coat of arms underneath the North Star and the motto, “Dirigo,” or “I direct,” set against a blue background. The previous flag was a pine tree and a North Star set against a buff background, which gained popularity in recent years, leading to a legislative act to bring it back. However, the measure did not pass.[19]
    • Year Adopted: 1909
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Maryland

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    Maryland’s state flag features the arms of the Calvert family in the top left and bottom right corners and the Crossland family in the bottom left and top right corners. Calvert was the family name for the Lords Baltimore who founded Maryland, and Crossland was George Calvert’s mother’s family.[20]
    • Year Adopted: 1904
21

Massachusetts

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    The Massachusetts state flag consists of a white background with a blue shield featuring the image of a Native American from the Massachusett tribe. The figure holds a downward-pointing arrow to represent peace and stands beneath a white star, which symbolizes Massachusetts as one of the original 13 states.[21]
    • Year Adopted: 1971
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22

Michigan

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  1. Flag of Michigan Step 22.png
    Michigan’s state flag features the state coat of arms in the center of a blue background. The coat of arms has 3 latin mottos: “E pluribus unum” (“One out of many”), “Tuebor” (“I will defend”), and “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice” (“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you”). The blue background is the same color as the state’s military colors.[22]
    • Year Adopted: 1911
    • State-Specific Salute: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of Michigan, and to the state for which it stands, 2 beautiful peninsulas united by a bridge of steel, where equal opportunity and justice to all is our ideal.”
23

Minnesota

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  1. Flag of Minnesota Step 23.png
    Minnesota’s state flag consists of a simple design featuring an 8-point white star set against a background of 2 shades of blue. The star is meant to represent Minnesota as the star of the north. There were 10 bills between 2000 and 2023 to redesign the flag, which stirred controversy because it contained an image of a white settler and a departing Native American. The current design was submitted by Andrew Prekker.[23]
    • Year Adopted: 2023
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Mississippi

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  1. Flag of Mississippi Step 24.png
    Mississippi’s state flag features a white magnolia blossom in the center of 20 white stars and a gold star at the top with the motto, “In God we trust” at the bottom. This design came after 126 years of flying a Confederate-themed flag. Mississippi was the last state retaining a Confederate-themed banner until 68% of voters approved the new design.[24]
    • Year Adopted: 2020
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the flag of Mississippi and the sovereign state for which it stands with pride in her history and achievements and with confidence in her future under the guidance of Almighty God.”
25

Missouri

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  1. Flag of Missouri Step 25.png
    Missouri’s state flag consists of 3 horizontal red, white, and blue stripes with the state coat of arms in the center, encircled by a blue band with 24 white stars. The blue stripe represents vigilance, permanency, and justice, the red represents valor, and the white represents purity. Marie Oliver, wife of Senator Robert Oliver, designed the flag.[25]
    • Year Adopted: 1913
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Montana

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  1. Flag of Montana Step 26.png
    Montana’s state flag depicts the state seal in the center of a blue background, under the word, “Montana.” Before it was officially adopted, the Montana flag was carried by the Montana Volunteers in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War in 1898.[26]
    • Year Adopted: 1905
27

Nebraska

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  1. Flag of Nebraska Step 27.png
    Nebraska’s state flag features the state seal of a steamboat on the Missouri River under the motto, “Equality Before the Law,” all set against a blue background. The seal also represents the mechanic arts with an image of a smith, as well as agriculture with sheaves of wheat and stalks of corn.[27]
    • Year Adopted: 1925
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Nevada

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  1. Flag of Nevada Step 28.png
    Nevada’s state flag consists of a solid blue background with 2 sprays of sagebrush forming a wreath in the top left corner and a white star in the center of the wreath. The words, “Battle Born” are in a banner above the wreath to serve as a reminder of the Civil War. The star represents the state nickname, “The Silver State” and the sagebrush is the state flower. This design is the 4th official state flag Nevada has had.[28]
    • Year Adopted: 1991
29

New Hampshire

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  1. Flag of New Hempshire Step 29.png
    New Hampshire's state flag depicts the state seal of a granite boulder and the frigate Raleigh, surrounded by laurel leaves and 9 stars, all set against a blue background. The 9 stars represent New Hampshire as the 9th colony to ratify the constitution. The frigate Raleigh in the seal was one of the first 13 warships sponsored for the American navy, and the granite boulder represents New Hampshire’s status as “The Granite State.”[29]
    • Year Adopted: 1909
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New Jersey

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  1. Flag of New Jersey Step 30.png
    New Jersey’s state flag features the state seal of a horse head, a knight helmet, and a shield with plows on it, all against a bluff background. The flag uses state colors that were chosen by George Washington and adopted by the New Jersey military troops. The horse head in the seal stands for strength, the helmet for sovereignty, and the plows on the shield for agriculture and economic power.[30]
    • Year Adopted: 1896
31

New Mexico

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  1. Flag of New Mexico Step 31.png
    New Mexico’s state flag features a simple, red illustration of a sun set against a yellow background. The red sun is an ancient symbol called a “Zia” and was seen on a late 19th century water jar from Zia Pueblo, which is believed to be one of the Seven Golden Cities of Cíbola that Vásquez Coronado sought.[31]
    • Year Adopted: 1925
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico, the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures.”
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32

New York

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    New York’s state flag features a blue background and the state seal of 2 women on either side of a shield depicting 2 ships on a river. The state motto, “Excelsior,” or “Ever Upward,” is on a banner beneath the shield. The 2 women on the seal represent liberty and justice. The New York flag is a modern version of a Revolutionary War Flag.[32]
    • Year Adopted: 1901
33

North Carolina

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  1. Flag of North Carolina Step 33.png
    North Carolina’s state flag consists of a blue union with a white star and the letters NC, with the fly consisting of a red and white horizontal stripe. The union also has 2 dates, “May 20th 1775,” and “April 12th 1776” on gold scrolls. The 1775 date represents the controversial, debunked Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which allegedly declared independence from Great Britain a year before the U.S. Declaration.[33]
    • Year Adopted: 1885
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the flag of North Caroline and pledge to the Old North State love, loyalty, and faith.”
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North Dakota

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    North Dakota’s state flag features a bald eagle holding an olive branch and a bundle of arrows in its claws, plus a ribbon reading “E Pluribus Unum,” or “many uniting into one” in its beak. The eagle has 13 stars above its head, representing the first 13 states. The olive branch in the eagle’s claw is a symbol of peace. The flag was copied after the one North Dakota soldiers used when they fought with Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War.[34]
    • Year Adopted: 1911
35

Ohio

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  1. Flag of Ohia Step 35.png
    Ohio’s state flag features 17 white stars grouped around a circle on a blue triangle, with a red and white striped fly. The triangle represents hills and valleys, the stripes represent roads and waterways. Thirteen of the stars are for the first 13 states, while the other 4 represent Ohio’s status as the 17th state to enter the nation. Ohio is the only state to use the pennant-shaped swallowtail burgee design for their flag.[35]
    • Year Adopted: 1902
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the flag of the state of Ohio and pledge to the Buckeye State respect and loyalty.”
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36

Oklahoma

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  1. Flag of Oklahoma Step 36.png
    Oklahoma’s state flag features an Osage war shield with 6 painted crosses and 7 pendant eagle feathers, overlaid by a calumet and olive branch, all set against a blue background. This design came from a competition sponsored by the Oklahoma Daughters of the American Revolution. The original flag was a large white star with the number 46 in it, set against a red background.[36]
    • Year Adopted: 1925
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the flag of the State of Oklahoma. Its symbols of peace unite all people.”
37

Oregon

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  1. Flag of Oregon Step 37.png
    Oregon’s state flag features the center of the state seal with “State of Oregon” above and “1859” below, with a beaver on the other side of the flag, all set against a blue background. The beaver is one of Oregon’s state symbols. Oregon is the only state with a different image on each side.[37]
    • Year Adopted: 1925
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38

Pennsylvania

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  1. Flag of Pennsylvania Step 38.png
    Pennsylvania’s state flag consists of the state’s coat of arms, depicting a boat, a plow, and wheat, on a blue background. The boat represents commerce, the plow represents natural resources, and the wheat represents abundance. The flag was originally designed for the use of the state militia in 1799.[38]
    • Year Adopted: 1907
39

Rhode Island

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  1. Flag of Rhode Island Step 39.png
    Rhode Island’s state flag depicts a gold anchor surrounded by a circle of 13 gold stars with the motto, “Hope,” on a blue banner, all set against a white background. The anchor and motto are from the state seal, with the motto of “Hope” likely coming from the biblical phrase, “Hope we have as an anchor of the soul.”[39]
    • Year Adopted: 1877
    • State-Specific Salute: “I pledge allegiance to our state flag, and to the republic of which Rhode Island forms a part; one Union inseparable, with honor and reverence for both State and Nation.”
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40

South Carolina

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  1. Flag of South Carolina Step 40.png
    South Carolina’s state flag has a solid dark blue background with a white palmetto tree in the center and a crescent moon in the top left corner. Colonel William Moultrie chose blue to match the South Carolina military uniforms and the crescent to match the silver emblem on the front of their caps. The palmetto symbolizes Colonel Moultrie’s defense of the palmetto-log fort.[40]
    • Year Adopted: 1861
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the flag of South Carolina and pledge to the Palmetto State love, loyalty, and faith.”
41

South Dakota

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  1. Flag of South Dakota Step 41.png
    South Dakota’s state flag features a gold sun in the center of a blue background with the words “South Dakota / The Mount Rushmore State” surrounding it and the state seal inside it. The flag underwent multiple revisions, with the original design featuring the sun on one side and the state seal on the other, a design created by legislative reference librarian Ida McNeil.[41]
    • Year Adopted: 1909
    • State-Specific Salute: “I pledge loyalty and support to the flag and state of South Dakota, land of sunshine, land of infinite variety.”
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42

Tennessee

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  1. Flag of Tennessee Step 42.png
    Tennessee’s state flag features 3 white stars in the center of a blue circle, set against a red background with a blue bar on the far right side. LeRoy Reeves of the Third Regiment of the Tennessee Infantry designed the flag. He said the 3 stars represent the grand divisions of the state, bound in a circle to represent “an indissoluble trinity.”[42]
    • Year Adopted: 1905
    • State-Specific Salute: “Three white stars on a field of blue / God keep them strong and ever true / It is with pride and love that we / Salute the flag of Tennessee.”
43

Texas

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  1. Flag of Texas Step 43.png
    The Texas state flag features a white star inside a blue vertical stripe on the left with a horizontal red and white stripe as the fly. Referred to as “The Lone Star Flag,” each point of the single star is said to represent fortitude, loyalty, righteousness, prudence, and broad-mindedness (the characteristics of a good citizen).[43]
    • Year Adopted: 1839
    • State-Specific Salute: “Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.”
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44

Utah

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  1. Flag of Utah Step 44.png
    Utah’s state flag depicts a beehive and a star in the center of a hexagon, set against a red, white, and blue mountain range. The beehive symbolizes a sense of community and Utah’s state slogan, “Industry.” The star represents hope and the year 1896, when Utah became the 45th U.S. state.[44]
    • Year Adopted: 2024
45

Vermont

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    Vermont’s state flag features the coat of arms in the center of a blue background with the words “Freedom and Unity” underneath. The coat of arms depicts mountains, a cow, a pine tree, a dear head, and sheaves of grain, all symbols that represent Vermont. This design was previously used by Civil War soldiers before it was officially adopted.[45]
    • Year Adopted: 1923
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46

Virginia

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  1. Flag of Virginia Step 46.png
    Virginia’s state flag has a blue background with the state seal in the center. The seal features a woman dressed as an Amazon warrior standing over a fallen king, with the words, “Sic semper tyrannis,” or “Thus always to tyrants.” The woman represents virtue. The seal was used on military flags leading up to its official adoption for the state flag.[46]
    • Year Adopted: 1861
    • State-Specific Salute: “I salute the flag of Virginia, with reverence and patriotic devotion to the ‘Mother of States and statesmen,’ which it represents—the ‘Old Dominion,’ where liberty and independence were born.”
47

Washington

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  1. Flag of Washington Step 47.png
    Washington’s state flag features the state seal in the center of a dark green background. The seal is an image of George Washington encircled by the words, “The Seal of the State of Washington 1889.” The seal on the flag was originally designed by Olympia jeweler Charles Talcott in 1889. [47]
    • Year Adopted: 1923
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48

West Virginia

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  1. Flag of West Virginia Step 48.png
    West Virginia’s state flag features the state coat of arms in the center of a white background, bordered with blue. The coat of arms includes the motto, “Montani Semper Liberi,” or, “Mountaineers are always free.” A wreath of rhododendron, West Virginia’s state flower, surrounds the coat of arms.[48]
    • Year Adopted: 1929
49

Wisconsin

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  1. Flag of Wisconsin Step 49.png
    Wisconsin’s state flag has a blue background with the state coat of arms in the center with a sailor and a miner standing on either side. The sailor and miner symbolize the work people did in 1863 when the flag was designed. The flag also features a badger, the state animal. The flag was first designed for Civil War regiments who wanted a flag to fly on the battlefield.[49]
    • Year Adopted: 1913
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50

Wyoming

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    Wyoming’s state flag centers around a bison with the state seal on it, set against a blue background with a white and red border. The red represents the blood of pioneers and Native Americans, the white represents purity and uprightness, and the blue represents fidelity, justice, and virility. The bison is the state mammal.[50]
    • Year Adopted: 1917

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  34. ↑ https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/flagdes
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  37. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Virginia
  38. ↑ https://www.sos.wa.gov/washington-state-flag
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