Michigan's official flag was adopted in 1911. It has a deep blue background and pictures an elk and deer around a blue shield labeled TUEBOR, meaning "I will defend". The shield pictures a man with a raised hand and a gun, a rising sun, a peninsula and lakes (representing Michigan's geography). Over the shield is a bald eagle (holding an olive branch and a sheaf of three arrows) and a red ribbon reading E Pluribus Unum (which is the motto of the USA and means "Out of Many, One" – this refers to the states of the United States being united into one country). Under everything lie two white ribbons.

Capital: Lansing

Nickname: Wolverine State

Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you).

Flower: Apple Blossom (1897)

Michigan was the 26th state in the USA; it was admitted in 1837.

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Artists

Natasha Wescoat
Original modern abstracts, folk pop, outsider montages, collages, photography, and miniatrue artworks. Illustrator and graphic artist who works in a variety of medias.

Graphic Designers

Christianson Design
A small graphic design studio located in Ann Arbor.

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The work of graphic artist/designer Michael J. Salter. Includes graphic design, illustration, photography, music and writing.

Interactive Designers

Harbor Springs Web Design
Web design with search engine submission and optimization services available.

Seventh Street
Design studio specializing in photo retouching, digital imaging, and graphic design.

Stone Interactive Group
Web strategy, design and marketing agency that helps businesses and organizations achieve their online business goals.

Vectorform
An interactive media and application development firm whose goal is to build and promote the tools that redefine their clients' business.