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North America

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

DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
COLUMBIA 1845
1791
The flag of the Federal District of This is another flag which recalls the
Columbia is based on a banner of the arms outhern Cross used by the Confederacy
of the Washington family, which originated uring the Civil War. The original flag,
in England and dates back to 1592. It was dopted in 1868, had only the seal, the red
adopted in 1938 by a Congress Commission. altire was added in 1900.

GEORGIA HAWAII
1788 1959

The new state flag for Georgia was The state flag, originally representing the
introduced in 2003, following objections ndependent kingdom, was adopted in 1845.
to the inclusion of the Confederate flag on The Union Jack recalls a flag given to the
the previous two designs. The three bars King by an army officer in 1793. The stripes
evoke pre-1956 versions of the flag. and for the main islands.

IDAHO LLINOIS
1890 1818

The flag was originally a military color and Created in 1915, the central emblem of the
bears the state seal in the center; beneath it is linois flag, depicts elements from the state
a scroll with the state’s name. The flag in this eal, including a bald eagle and a shield of
form was adopted in 1927, with new he Stars and Stripes. The name was added
specifications in 1957. eneath this in 1970.

NDIANA OWA
1816 1846

The flag was the winning entry in a design The red, white and blue colors stand for
competition held in 1916, and was rench Louisiana, of which Iowa was once a
officially adopted in 1917. The stars in two art. In the center is the seal of 1847. The
arcs are for the original states and the ag was adopted in this form in 1921.
subsequent ones.

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