| The official state flag of Oklahoma
was adopted on April 2, 1925. The flag was chosen
from entries in a Daughters of the American Revolution
flag contest. The winning entry was designed by
Mrs. Louise Funk Fluke, an artist from Oklahoma
City.
The flag features a sky blue field (this is the
color of the flag that Choctaw soldiers carried
during the Civil War). Oklahoma's flag pictures
an Osage Indian battle shield made of buffalo
skin. It is adorned with eagle feathers and white
crosses (the crosses represent the stars in the
sky, and symbolize higher purposes in Native American
culture). A gray peace pipe (also called a calumet)
and an olive branch (symbols of peace in European
and Native American cultures) are on the shield.
Oklahoma is written in white under the shield
(this was added to the flag in 1941).
Capital: Oklahoma City
Nickname: Sooner State
Motto: Labor omnia vincit (Labor
conquers all things).
Flower: Mistletoe (1893)
Oklahoma was the 46th state in the USA; it was
admitted in 1907.
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