Alternate Flag Of North Dakota

These are my designs for an alternate flag of north dakota.

Alternate flag of north dakota. The latin motto sic semper tyrannis at the bottom of the state seal means thus always to tyrants this quote is attributed to brutus. Its official language is english with regional languages of german french and a little spanish in the old southwest. The united states of america or the usa is a country inhabiting nearly the entire continent of north america. State flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and world war i.

Territorial and canadian. North dakota d ə ˈ k oʊ t ə is a u s. Green represents the plains of north dakota gold represents natural resources and black represents oil and the diversity of north dakota. Designation of coat of arms.

The flag of the commonwealth of virginia consists of the seal of virginia against a blue background. The current version of the flag was adopted at the beginning of the american civil war in 1861. In 2001 the north american vexillological association surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 u s. The coat of arms of the state flag was adopted in 1778 and the present flag is a modern version of a revolutionary war regimental flag.

It consists of a field of sky blue charged with a version in navy blue on white of the state seal in the center surrounded by gold triangles representing the sun s rays surrounded in turn by inscriptions in gold sans serif capitals of south dakota on top and the mount rushmore state the state nickname on. State in the midwestern and northern regions of the united states it is the nineteenth largest in area the fourth smallest by population and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states north dakota was admitted to the union on november 2 1889 along with its neighboring state south dakota. The blue field must by legislative mandate match the shade of blue in the us flag pantone 282c. Originally authorized by the state in 1799 the current design was enacted by law in 1907.

The flag may be decorated with a white fringe along the fly. History of the united states the united states is a federal republic with a small. The governor has a variant of the flag with a white instead of a blue field. The us covers an area of 20 883 665 56 sq km 8 062242 33 sq mi.

I subsequently found the description in chapter 54 41 of the north dakota century code relating to the north dakota coat of arms. The flag of the state of south dakota represents the u s. According to a 2001 survey by the north american vexillological association new mexico has the best. The state coat of arms is surrounded by draft horses on both sides and a bald eagle.

State flags as contemporarily understood date from the turn of the 20th century when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 world s columbian exposition in chicago illinois most u s. The original is at the albany institute of history art. While searching for the other state flag of north dakota described in smith s flag book of the united states. 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.