Flags

The Alabama State Flag was adopted in February 1895 and features a simple design of St. Andrew's Cross in remembrance of the Confederate battle flag. The bars of the cross have a specification that should not be less than six inches wide.

The Alaska State Flag consists of 8 golden stars and a dark blue field. The Big Dipper constellation "Ursa Major" or Great Bear an animal indigenous to Alaska which is a symbol of strength. Polaris (the North Star) is a symbol of Alaska's northern...

The American Samoa Flag was adopted in April 1960 replacing the "Stars and Stripes" and consists of a bald eagle clutching a war club and fly-whisk, a dark blue upper and lower triangles, and a red-edged white triangle. The eagle signifies the U.S and...

The Arizona State Flag is divided into two half-parts and a center big copper star. The first half-part consists of 13 alternating red and yellow rays symbolizing Spanish colonies. The second half-part consists of the color blue, which represents the...

The Arkansas State Flag consists of colors red, white and blue, with blue and white Diamond with 25 stars at the center, the word Arkansas and 1 blue star on the top and 3 at the bottom. The colors red, white and blue signifies that Arkansas is one of...

The California State Flag or commonly known as the Bear flag embodies a Bear at the center, a lone star with the colors red and white. The Grizzly bear which dominates the surface of the flag represents strength. The lone star symbolizes sovereignty. The...

The Colorado state flag was designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson and was adopted in 1911 consists of three equally sized stripes, a large semi-circular "C" and a gold disc in the opening of the letter "C". The blue and white stripes stand for the skies and...

The Connecticut State Flag consists of blue field background, coat of arms in the center with three grapevines and a ribbon below the arms with inscription of "Qui Transtulit Sustinet". The blue background was the standard shade for regimental colours,...

The Delaware State Flag consists of a blue background, with a brown diamond at the center. Inside the diamond is the coat of arms. Below the diamond, the date Delaware became a state is inscribed.

The District of Columbia Flag was approved in 1938 and consists of a simple design of two red horizontal stripes and three red stars on a field of white.

The Florida State Flag consists of a state seal superimposed on the center of a red saltire on a white background. The red saltire represents the cross on which St. Andrew was crucified.

The Georgia State Flag consists of three wide bands or red-white-red with a blue square canton in the upper left. The coat of arms is inscribed inside the blue canton with 13 white stars. The red-white-red color national colors of the United States. The...

The Guam Flag was adopted in February 1948, designed by Helen Paul, and consists of a dark deep blue background with a red border, and an almond shape seal on the center. The dark deep blue represents the ocean. The red border symbolizes the hardships...

The Hawaii State Flag highlights the eight horizontal stripes and Union Jack. The eight horizontal stripes symbolize the eight major islands (Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, and Kahoolawe). The Union Jack of the United Kingdom is a...

The Idaho State Flag features the state Great Seal on blue background, designed by Emma Edwards Green, the only woman to design a state seal. It also features the images of a miner and a female as a symbol of liberty, justice, and equality. The shield...

The Illinois State Flag features the Great seal of Illinois on white background with the word "Illinois under the seal. An eagle with a banner of the state's motto: State Sovereignty, National Union. The date 1818, when Illinois became a state, and...

The Indiana State Flag features a torch in the center, thirteen stars in an outer circle, five stars in half circle below the torch and a large star above the torch. The torch stands for liberty and enlightenment and its rays means their far-reaching...

The Iowa State Flag is a vertical tricolor designed by the state's daughter of the American Revolution Dixie Cornell Gebhadt. A bald eagle in the center carrying on its beak a blue streamer of the motto, "Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will...

The Kansas State Flag features the official state seal in the center, a sunflower directly above it, under the sunflower is a bar of gold and light blue. The state seal in the center represents Kansas and Kansas life. The thirty-four stars represents...

The Kentucky State Flag was designed by Jesse Cox Burgess, consisting of the Commonwealth's seal on a navy blue background, surrounded by the words "Commonwealth of Kentucky". It also features a state motto, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall".

The Louisiana State Flag displays a white pelican nurturing its young by tearing at its breast, a white banner below the pelican containing the state motto, "Union Justice Confidence" and an azure background.The pelican nurturing its young represents the...

The Maine State Flag displays Maine's coat-of-arms and a North Star. The coat-of-arms features a center shield with moose and pine tree which is supported by a farmer and a seaman. The shield is a symbol of Maine's natural richness and tranquil scenery...

Maryland State Flag was officially adopted in 1904 and consists of four panels. The 2 panels with a gold and black design represent the crest of the Calvert family. The red and white cross bottony represents the Crossland family.

The Massachusetts State Flag features the state's coat of arms with Native American holding a bow and arrow, a white star of the coat of arms, a blue shield, and the motto, "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem". The Native American holding a bow...

The Michigan State Flag consists of the state's coat of arms in the dark blue background, an elk and moose, a bald eagle, and the Latin motto, "E Pluribus Unum" and "Tuebor". The coat of arms with a man holding a long gun symbolizes the fight for the...

The Minnesota State Flag was adopted in 1957 and consists of the state's official seal, A Native American riding on horseback, three dates 1858, 1819, and 1893, 87 small circles around the wreath, a white ring on which 19 stars lie, a Top star larger...

The Mississippi State Flag features a magnolia blossom surrounded by 21 stars and words " In God We Trust", on a red field with a gold-bordered blue Canadian pale. The magnolia blossom symbolizes hospitality, rebirth and forward progression. The 20 stars...

The Missouri State Flag consists of a Coat of Arms, a bald eagle grasping olive branches and the arrows of war, a Grizzly bear, and a crescent moon. It also includes two more big grizzly bears holding the motto "United We Stand, Divided We Fall", 24...

The Montana State Flag consists of a state seal at the center, and an image of a landscape with plains, forests, and mountains along the great falls. A pick, shovel, and plow and the motto, "Oro y Plata". The landscape with plains, forests, and mountains...

The Nebraska State Flag consists of the state's official seal on a field of blue, a cabin, wheat and corn, Blacksmith, Missouri River, and Rocky Mountain, steamboat and train, and the motto, "Equality Before the Law". The cabin, wheat, and corn symbolize...

The Nevada State Flag was approved in 1991 and consisted of a cobalt blue field with the state's emblem in the upper left-hand corner. The emblem contains a silver star, sagebrush, and motto, "Battle Born". The silver star symbolizes its nickname "The...

The New Hampshire State Flag's main feature is the USS Raleigh warship with a laurel wreath that surrounds the seal, a symbol of fame, victory, and honor. The nine stars within the wreath are a symbol of New Hampshire as the 9th state to join the Union...

The New Jersey State Flag includes three plows, forward-facing helmet, a horse's head, female figures Liberty and Ceres, and the streamer at the foot of the emblem containing the motto, "Liberty and Prosperity" and the year of statehood 1776. The three...

The New Mexico State Flag consists of two colors red and yellow, the sun in the center with four rays pointing in four directions. The colors red and yellow represent Old Spain. The sun in the center or the Zia Sun is a symbol of the State's Native...

The New York State Flag features the state's coat of arms on a deep blue, two women one carrying a sword and the other one with a scale, a ship on the Hudson River, the shore and the mountain range, grassy shore and mountain range. The two women...

The North Carolina State Flag depicts two dates. May 20, 1775, the date of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and April 12, 1776, the date when N.C called for its independence from Great Britain. It also has a white star in the center, a vertical...

The North Dakota State Flag consists of a bald eagle holding an olive branch, a shield with 13 stripes on the eagle's chest, fan shape with thirteen stars above the eagle. The bald eagle holding an olive branch represents peace. The shield with 13...

The Northern Mariana Islands Flag was adopted in July 1985 and consists of a blue field, a white star superimposed on a gray latte stone surrounded both by a traditional Carolinian mwaar. The blue color symbolizes the Pacific Ocean and the Mariana Trench...

The Ohio State Flag designed by John Eisemann, and officially adopted in 1902 features a swallowtail design, a blue triangular field, seventeen white stars, and red and white stripes. The blue triangular field represents Ohio's hills and valleys. The...

The Oklahoma State Flag originally adopted on April 2, 1925, designed by Louise Funk Fluke consists of blue field background, shield, olive branch and peace pipe, six crosses, and seven eagle feathers. The blue field signifies devotion and the shield...