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Interesting Facts and information
History Facts
• Every Flag has a particular history behind
the design.
• Every flag has a date when they were
accepted as the official state flag.
• Every flag was designed by someone in
particular.
Example of history
• The original flag was
designed on a piece of
unbleached cotton.
• Flag first flown in
Sonoma, California on
June 14, 1846.
• The bear was a California
Grizzly bear nicknamed
“Cuffy.”
• The bear stood for
strength.
• The five-point star is a
nod to the Republic of
Texas.
Designers of the Flags
State Motto attached
The state motto for
Rhode Island is
“Hope.” You can
see by looking at the
flag that the motto
becomes part of the
flag.
Different flags for each
state
The top flag is one of
the first flags for the
state of Georgia in
1956
The blue flag to
the right was the
Georgia flag from
2001-2003
The bottom flag is
the present day flag
of Georgia
State Flag “Nicknames”
• The Flag of Texas has
the nickname of “Lone
Star Flag”
• The flag of Ohio has the
nickname of “The
Buckeye Flag”
Assignment
• Pick a state flag and sign up on the sheet
being passed around the room.
• You will make a poster of your state flag.
• You will look up on the Internet at various
web sites the history of your flag.
• You will present your poster and give a
two to three minute presentation on your
state flag.
Suggested web sites
• 4kids.com
• Wikipedia.com
• Google. COM
• Yahoo. COM