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This article contains a list of the flags and/or modifications made to the flags of current U.S. states and territories, through the present day.
State | Pre-1800s | 1800s | 1830s | 1840s | 1850s | 1860s | 1870s | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | Current | State | |||||||
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Alabama | / 1861 | 1865 | 1895 | Alabama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alaska | 1927 | Alaska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 1917 | Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 1913 | 1923 | 1924 | 2011 | Arkansas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 1911 | California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 1907 | 1911 | 1964 | Colorado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 1897 | Connecticut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 1913 | Delaware | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 1861 | 1865 | 1868 | 1900 | 1985 | Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 1861 | 1865 | 1879 | 1902 | 1906 | 1920 | 1956 | 2001 | 2003 | Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 1845 | Hawaii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1957 | Idaho | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 1915 | 1969 | Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1917 | Indiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 1921 | 2018 | Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 1927 | 1961 | Kansas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 1918 | 1963 | Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana | 1861 1861 | 1912 | 2006 | 2010 | Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 1901 | 1909 | Maine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 1904 | Maryland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 1908 | 1971 | Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 1911 | Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1893 1893 | 1957 | 1983 | 2024 | Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi | 1861 | 1865 | 1894 | 1996 | 2001 | 2021 | Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 1913 | Missouri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 1905 | 1981 | Montana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 1963 | Nebraska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 1905 | 1915 | 1929 | 1991 | Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 1909 | 1931 | New Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Jersey | 1896 | New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 1915 | 1920 | New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 1778 | 1901 | 2020 | New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 1861 | 1885 | 1991 | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 1911 | North Dakota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 1902 | Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 1911 | 1925 | 1941 | 1988 | 2006 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | / 1925 | Oregon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1907 | Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 1640 | 1877 | 1882 | 1897 | Rhode Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 1775 | 1861 | 1861 | 1910 | 1940 | South Carolina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 1909 | 1963 | 1992 | South Dakota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 1897 | 1905 | Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 1836 | 1839 | Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 1850 | 1903 | 1913 | 2011 | 2024 | Utah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1770 | 1804 | 1837 | 1923 | Vermont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1861 | 1865 | 1950 | Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 1923 | 1967 | Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington D.C. | 1924 | 1938 | Washington D.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 1905 | 1907 | 1929 | West Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 1866 | 1913 | 1981 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 1917 | Wyoming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Territory | Before | 1700s | 1710s | 1720s | 1730s | 1740s | 1750s | 1760s | 1770s | 1780s | 1790s | 1800s | 1810s | 1820s | 1830s | 1840s | 1850s | 1860s | 1870s | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | Current | Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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American Samoa | 1858 | 1873 | 1879 | 1887 | 1900 | 1908 | 1912 | 1959 | 1960 | American Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guam | 1885 | 1898 | 1908 | 1912 | 1941 | 1944 | 1947 | 1948 | Guam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Mariana Islands | 1885 | 1899 | 1914 | 1919 | 1944 | 1947 | 1965 | 1972 | 1976 | 1989 | Northern Mariana Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 1506 | 1701 | 1760 | 1785 | 1873 | 1895 | 1952 | Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virgin Islands | 1672 | 1917 | 1921 | Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A flag is a piece of fabric with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed, and flags have evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is challenging. Many flags fall into groups of similar designs called flag families. The study of flags is known as "vexillology" from the Latin vexillum, meaning "flag" or "banner".
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton, referred to as the union and bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from Great Britain, which they went on to secure by their victory in the American Revolutionary War.
The Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Flag was also used as the official flag of several British colonies and dominions before they adopted their own national flags. The flag continues to have official status in Canada, by parliamentary resolution, where it is known as the Royal Union Flag.
The national flag of France is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue, white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the Tricolour, although the flag of Ireland and others are also known as such. The design was adopted after the French Revolution, where the revolutionaries were influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands. While not the first tricolour, it became one of the most influential flags in history. The tricolour scheme was later adopted by many other nations in Europe and elsewhere, and, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica has historically stood "in symbolic opposition to the autocratic and clericalist royal standards of the past".
The national flag of Germany is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red, and gold. The flag was first sighted in 1848 in the German Confederation. The flag was also used by the German Empire from 1848 to 1849. It was officially adopted as the national flag of the German Reich from 1919 to 1933, and has been in use since its reintroduction in Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.
The National Flag of Canada, often simply referred to as the Canadian flag or, unofficially, as the Maple Leaf Flag or l'Unifolié, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured a stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre. It is the first flag to have been adopted by both houses of Parliament and officially proclaimed by the Canadian monarch as the country's official national flag. The flag has become the predominant and most recognizable national symbol of Canada.
The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner bearing a crimson-red circle at its center. This flag is officially called the Nisshōki, but is more commonly known in Japan as the Hinomaru. It embodies the country's sobriquet: the Land of the Rising Sun.
The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865 shortly before the Confederacy's dissolution. A rejected national flag design was also used as a battle flag by the Confederate Army and featured in the "Stainless Banner" and "Blood-Stained Banner" designs. Although this design was never a national flag, it is the most commonly recognized symbol of the Confederacy.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, formerly Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., is an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. It has properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Six Flags owns the most theme parks and waterparks combined of any amusement-park company and has the seventh highest attendance in the world. The company operates 27 properties throughout North America, including theme parks, amusement parks, water parks, and a family entertainment center. In 2019, Six Flags properties hosted 32.8 million guests.
The national flag of Italy, often referred to in Italian as il Tricolore, is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical panels of green, white and red, with the green at the hoist side, as defined by article 12 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic. The Italian law regulates its use and display, protecting its defense and providing for the crime of insulting it; it also prescribes its teaching in Italian schools together with other national symbols of Italy.
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This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia which are depicted with the hoist to the right.
The flags of the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles. Modern U.S. state flags date from the turn of the 20th century, when states considered distinctive symbols for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Most U.S. state flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and World War I.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War. The photograph, taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, was published in Sunday newspapers two days later and reprinted in thousands of publications. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography and was the model for the Marine Corps War Memorial in 1954, dedicated to honor all Marines who died in service since 1775. The memorial, sculpted by Felix de Weldon, is located in Arlington Ridge Park, near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon. The photograph has come to be regarded in the United States as one of the most recognizable images of World War II.
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The national flag of India, colloquially called Tiraṅgā, is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag, the colours being of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, and it became the official flag of the Union of India on 15 August 1947. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the term "tricolour" almost always refers to the Indian national flag.
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