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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

Shown below are designs that have been proposed for a new flag of Iowa.

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 Iowa.png|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 Iowa.png|Faded Original Iowa Flag, by Wcaden13
-Land Between two Rivers.png|Land Between Two Rivers Flag, by Wcaden13
 Iowa Flag(4).png|21st Century Iowa Flag, by Wcaden13
-Deutsch Iowa2.png|German-Iowans Flag, by Wcaden13
-Iowa Sky.png|Iowa Landscape Flag, by Wcaden13
-New Iowa.png|Iowa flag proposal by Arminius13
 Hawkeye Militia.png|Iowa flag
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