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The flag of the state of Iowa consists of three vertical stripes of blue, white, and red, reflecting Iowa's history as part of the French French Louisiana Territory. (Because of the wider middle stripe and symmetric design, the design is sometimes classified as a "Canadian pale".) The image of a bald eagle with a long ribbon reading "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain", taken from the Seal of Iowa, is centered in the middle white stripe. The word "Iowa" is placed directly below it in red, serifed and in upper case.
The flag was adopted in 1921; it was first approved in May 1917, by the Iowa State Council for Defense. It was designed in 1917, by Knoxville, Iowa, resident Mrs. Dixie Cornell Gebhardt, of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Iowa.
Proposals for a New Flag of Iowa[]
Poll Results - Iowa Contest - from Facebook page "US State Flags - Current, Historical and Proposed" July 2021
Shown below are designs that have been proposed for a new flag of Iowa.
State seal is replaced with Siouan hawk symbol to invoke "the 'Hawkeye' State".
IA Proposed Flag "FlagFreak"
IA Flag Proposal "Lord Grattan"
IA Flag Proposal "VoronX"
IA Proposed Flag "GrandWesternEmperor 1"
IA Proposed Flag "GrandWesternEmperor 2"
IA Proposed Flag "GrandWesternEmperor 3"
IA Proposed Flag "GrandWesternEmperor 4"
IA Proposed Flag "GrandWesternEmperor 5"
IA Proposed Flag "FederalRepublic"
IA Flag Proposal "Jack Expo"
IA Flag Proposal "Tibbetts"
IA Flag Proposal "Hawkeye - by Usacelt"
IA Flag Proposal by Kermitdefrog
Iowa State Flag Proposal No. 1 By: Stephen Richard Barlow 05 OCT 2014 at 0758hrs cst
Iowa State Flag Proposal No. 2 By: Stephen Richard Barlow 05 OCT 2014 at 0838hrs cst
Iowa State Flag Proposal No. 5 By: Stephen Richard Barlow 05 OCT 2014 at 1107hrs cst
IA Flag Proposal "Ben Karnell 1"
IA Flag Proposal "Ben Karnell 3"
IA Flag Proposal "Ben Karnell 4"
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IA Flag Proposal "BigRed618"
Iowa State Flag Proposal No. 6 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 OCT 2014 at 1154hrs cst
Iowa State Flag Symplistic Proposal. The only state with rivers on both sides, represented by the stripes. The two stars stand in for the two parts of Iowa’s motto: “Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We Will Maintain.” By Ed Mitchell. 2013.
Faded Original Iowa Flag, by Wcaden13
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21st Century Iowa Flag, by Wcaden13
Iowa flag
IA flag proposal "5thEye"
Serratted division to stand for the state rock of Geode which has a crystaline interior. Color set as per French National flag.Design by Rotten Ali.
Iowa flag proposed by Ken Morton. This flag turns the French "Tricolour" on a 45 degree angle; the intent here is to reference the clipped parallelogram-like shape of the state of Iowa. The text and eagle, present on the current state flag, are eliminated for reasons of aesthetics and simplicity.
My second design for an Iowa state flag - Posted by Ken Morton
A state, bordered by two rivers, with the golden circle in the center representing the sun and the corn harvest. By Dmitri McDonald, 2018.
A simplified and markedly more french take on the Iowan flag
The two inverted triangles represent the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers which flank the state to the west and east respectively. The yellow circle represents the sun over the plains of the state. And all four figures in the flag are iconized representations of the letters I, O, W, and A.
IA Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge"
Proposed Iowa Flag - referring to the past, I kept the variant on the French flag (referencing the LA Purchase) but put them askew to show upward movement (toward the future). The eagle has been up updated and simplified and given more of a soaring appearance rather than a head down sulking and holding the banner. The motto remains, but is added as an embellished or decorative boarder on both the blue and red fields. Thanks, Marc
As current flag, but with light blue (shade taken from state seal) to represent Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
Gold for corn and sunshine, blue-white-red from current flag, light blue for open skies and Missouri/Mississippi Rivers
Same as above, but maintaining eagle from current flag
Variation above, emphasizing sun. The vertical stripes and sun can be seen together as making 'IO', first two letters of state name
Border colors from current flag; disc at center represents the sun rising over Iowa cornfields.
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