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.
For more information about Michigan click
here. |
