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North America

USA: State flags
The date when each state joined the Union is shown below the state name.

ALABAMA ALASKA
1819 1959

This flag, which was adopted in 1895, The flag was designed by a Native American
shows a red saltire on a white field. It is choolboy in 1926, when Alaska was still a
intended to recall the Southern Cross or erritory. It depicts the Plow and the
Battle Flag of the Confederate States. orthern Pole star. Gold also represents
Alaska’s mineral reserves.

ARIZONA ARKANSAS
1912 1836

The red and yellow rays recall the period The flag recalls the Southern Cross.
of Spanish rule and the copper star stands The lower stars represent former colonial
for mineral riches. The flag was designed owers and the upper star stands for the
locally and adopted in 1927. Confederacy. The flag was adopted
n 1913.

CALIFORNIA COLORADO
1850 1876

The flag is based on that of the California The C-shaped emblem contains the
Republic declared at Sonora in 1846; it olors of Spain, which once laid claim
did not become the state flag until 1911. o this area. The gold ball also represents
It depicts a grizzly bear and a star he state’s mineral riches. The flag was
for freedom. dopted in 1911.

CONNECTICUT DELAWARE
1788 1787

The arms date back to the seal of 1784, The arms date back to 1777 and the
and the blue field to the Civil War period, ag, adopted in 1913, includes the date
when the flag was a Union color. This Delaware joined the Union. The colors
design was adopted in 1897. ecall the uniforms worn during the
War of Independence.

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