State Flag Of South Dakota
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 flag of south dakota. The words south dakota appear above the seal and the official state nickname appears below. South dakota state flag the south dakota flag features the state seal surrounded by a golden blazing sun in a field of sky blue. The south dakota state flag was officially approved in 1963 featuring the state seal of south dakota centered on a sky blue field surrounded by the rays of the sun. The flag of the state of south dakota represents the u s.
State of south dakota. The sun was surrounded by the state name south dakota above and its nickname the sunshine. In 1909 ida anding mcneil made the first flag having the sun in front while the seal was at the back. Letters reading south dakota the mount rushmore state the official state nickname are arranged in a circle around the sun.
The 3 main colors in the south dakota flag are 0074a8 ffffff and ffc400 the south dakota flag width is 1 6 times the height. Enclosed in the state seal are pictures of a farmer plowing fields alongside a river. Encircling the seal and the sun are the words south dakota and the mount rushmore state. The south dakota flag was voted 53rd best out of 51 flags ranked by the north american vexillological association.
Anding designed it in such a way that the yellow sun appeared at the center of a blue field. South dakota state has had three flags.