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Alternate Michigan State Flag 5C.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The four arms of the diagonal blue cross represent the four Great Lakes that border Michigan, and the two green upper and lower triangular sections represent the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
 
Alternate Michigan State Flag 5C.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The four arms of the diagonal blue cross represent the four Great Lakes that border Michigan, and the two green upper and lower triangular sections represent the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
 
Alternate Michigan State Flag 5B.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The four arms of the diagonal blue cross represent the four Great Lakes that border Michigan.
 
Alternate Michigan State Flag 5B.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The four arms of the diagonal blue cross represent the four Great Lakes that border Michigan.
Alternate Michigan State Flag 5A.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag.
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Alternate Michigan State Flag 5A.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag.
 
Alternate Michigan State Flag 4N.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The two stars represent the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
 
Alternate Michigan State Flag 4N.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The two stars represent the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
 
Alternate Michigan State Flag 4M.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The two stars represent the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
 
Alternate Michigan State Flag 4M.jpg|Alternate proposal for Michigan State Flag. The two stars represent the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.

Revision as of 04:44, 8 April 2018

The flag of the State of Michigan depicts the state's coat-of-arms on a dark blue field, as set forth by Michigan state law. The Governor has a variant of the flag with a white instead of a blue field.

The state coat of arms depicts a light blue shield, upon which the sun rises over a lake and peninsula, and a man with raised hand representing peace and holding a long gun representing our fight for state and nation as a frontier state.

As supporters, the elk and moose are derived from the Hudson's Bay Company coat of arms, and depict great animals of Michigan. The bald eagle represents the United States which formed the State of Michigan from the Northwest Territory.

The design features three Latin mottos: "E Pluribus Unum" ("Out of many, one", a motto of the United States), "Tuebor" ("I will defend"), and "Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice" ("If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you", the official state motto).


Proposals for a New Flag of Michigan