Iowa's official flag was adopted
in 1921. It was designed by Mrs. Dixie Gebhardt,
of The Daughters of the American Revolution of
Iowa.
The flag has a red, white and blue background
– similar to the French flag. This symbolizes
the fact that Iowa became a territory of the United
States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (the
area had belonged to France, but was sold to the
USA in 1803). On the white central portion of
the flag, a bald eagle holds a flowing ribbon
that reads, Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights
We Will Maintain.
Capital: Des Moines
Nickname: Hawkeye State
Motto: Our liberties we prize
and our rights we will maintain.
Flower: Wild Rose (1897)
Iowa was the 29th state in the USA; it was admitted
in 1846.
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