history

The flag of the state of Nebraska is a blue rectangular cloth charged with the Nebraskan state seal. The current design was commissioned in 1925, when a bill was passed that the flag would have the Nebraska state seal in gold and silver on a field of national blue.

The seal is the same seal as originally designed in 1867; however, there were bills introduced to change the seal. The most spoken about attempted change of the state seal was created by the architect of the Nebraska State Capitol, Bertram Goodhue, but it failed to pass the legislature. The official designation of the design as the state flag occurred in 1963; Nebraska was one of the last states to adopt an official flag.

The flag of the U.S. state of Nevada consists of a cobalt blue field with a variant of the state’s emblem in the upper left hand corner. The emblem contains a silver star, a reference to the state’s nickname, The Silver State, below which appears the state’s name. Above the star is a golden-yellow scroll with the words “Battle Born”, one of the state’s mottos, in reference to Nevada becoming a state during the American Civil War. Below the star and state name are two sprays of green sagebrush, the state flower, with yellow flowers.

The flag design ratified in 1907 remained the state’s official flag until 1929. The state of West Virginia sought a flag design that could be produced inexpensively so that the state flag could be mass-produced for the state’s public schools. The 1907 flag proved to be more costly to reproduce due to the two different symbols on each side of the banner, the state’s coat of arms on the obverse and the state’s flower on the reverse. The West Virginia Legislature decided the state flag should be stamped with a design that would integrate both the coat of arms and the state flower on both sides. The design of the present state flag was officially adopted by the West Virginia Legislature on March 7, 1929, by West Virginia Senate Joint Resolution Number 18.

The flag of the state of Kansas was adopted in 1927. The elements of the state flag include the state seal and a sunflower. This original design was modified in 1961 to add the name of the state at the bottom of the flag.
The official flag of Kansas is represented by a dark-blue silk rectangle representing Kansas arranged horizontally with the state seal aligned in the center. Above the seal is a sunflower which sits over a bar of gold and light blue. Below the seal is printed the name of the state “KANSAS”.

The flag field is navy blue with all lettering and symbols in gold, representing the state colors of Oregon. On the obverse, the legend STATE OF OREGON is written above an escutcheon, which also appears in the Oregon state seal. The shield is surrounded by 33 stars, representing Oregon’s admission to the Union as the 33rd state. Below the shield is written 1859, the year in which Oregon became a state.
Oregon’s flag is the last remaining state flag in the U.S. in which the obverse and reverse sides have different designs. Paraguay is the only country that still has a two-sided flag. Two-sided flags were previously more common, but have been reduced due to increased costs of manufacturing a flag with two different designs. On the reverse of the flag is a depiction, also in gold, of a beaver, the state animal of Oregon.

The flag is rectangular, and consists of a design on a medium blue background. According to the official statute, the flag contains a thin gold border and gold fringe, however, this is rarely used. A white circle in the center contains the word MINNESOTA across the bottom, four groups of four stars and one group of three stars spread out evenly around the edge, and designs from the state seal in the center. The star at the top symbolizes the North Star. The design in the center is surrounded by pink-and-white lady’s slippers, the state flower. The border also contains the dates 1819 (founding of Fort Snelling), 1858 (date of statehood), and 1893 (adoption of first flag).

California designated “The Golden State” as the official state nickname in 1968.

Between California’s explosive growth following the discovery of gold in 1848, the fields of golden poppies that appear each spring throughout the state, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the clear, golden coastal sunsets over the Pacific – California truly is the golden state!  Gold is also one of California’s official state colors and the state mineral.

In order to distinguish it from the many other blue U.S. state flags, Wisconsin’s flag was modified in 1979 to add “Wisconsin” and “1848”, the year Wisconsin was admitted to the Union. All Wisconsin state flags manufactured after May 1, 1981, were required to use this design.

Legislation authorizing this flag was introduced in the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 28, 1838, by Senator William H. Wharton and was adopted on January 25, 1839, as the final national flag of the Republic of Texas. When Texas became the 28th U.S. state on December 29, 1845, the national flag became the state flag.
The actual designer of the flag is unknown.