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| + | [[File:2000px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png|thumb|350px]]The '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag flag] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Iowa state of Iowa]''' consists of three vertical stripes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue blue], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White white], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red red], reflecting Iowa's history as part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France French] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_%28New_France%29 Louisiana Territory].<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> (Because of the wider middle stripe and symmetric design, the design is sometimes classified as a "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_pale Canadian pale]".) The image of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle bald eagle] with a long ribbon reading "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain", taken from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Iowa Seal of Iowa], is centered in the middle white stripe. The word "Iowa" is placed directly below it in red, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif serifed] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majuscule majuscules]. |
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| + | The flag was adopted in 1921; it was first approved in May 1917, by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_State_Council_for_Defense Iowa State Council for Defense]. It was designed in 1917, by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Iowa Knoxville, Iowa], resident Mrs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Cornell_Gebhardt Dixie Cornell Gebhardt], of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution] of Iowa.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iowa#cite_note-1 [1]]</sup> |
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| + | In 2001, a survey conducted by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Vexillological_Association North American Vexillological Association] (NAVA) placed Iowa's flag 42nd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U.S. state and U.S. territory flags ranked.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iowa#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup> |
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| + | ==Proposals for a New Flag of Iowa== |
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| + | Shown below are designs that have been proposed for a new flag of Iowa. |
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| + | Proposed IA Flag FlagFreak.png|IA Proposed Flag "FlagFreak" |
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Revision as of 00:43, 8 January 2013
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 Louisiana Territory.[citation needed] (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 majuscules.
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.[1]
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) placed Iowa's flag 42nd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U.S. state and U.S. territory flags ranked.[2]
Proposals for a New Flag of Iowa
Shown below are designs that have been proposed for a new flag of Iowa.
