Thursday 14 July 2016

By Alisia Ronson


Iowa was admitted to the union as the 29th state on Dec. 28, 1846. As a Midwestern state, Iowa forms a bridge between the forests of the east and the grasslands of the high prairie plains to the west. Its gently rolling landscape rises slowly as it extends westward from the Mississippi River, which forms its entire eastern border.

The Missouri River and its tributary, the Big Sioux, form the western border, making Iowa the only U.S. state that has two parallel rivers defining its borders. Iowa is bounded by the states of Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, and Nebraska and South Dakota to the west. Des Moines, in the south-central part of the state, is the capital. The state name is derived from the Iowa Native American people who once inhabited the area.

When Iowa became a state in 1846, its capital was Iowa City; the more centrally located Des Moines became the new capital in 1857. At that time, the state's present boundaries were also drawn.

Iowa did not have a state banner till 1846. At the point when the US took an interest in the World War I, in 1917, Iowa still did not have a banner. The Iowa National Guardsmen saw that other state units conveyed exceptional flags that gave them singular characters. They too felt the need of a proper banner to speak of themselves. The Governor William L. Harding considered this proposition. The Daughters of theAmerican Revolution or D.A.R of Iowa set up a banner board of trustees and organized a pennant outlining rivalry in 1917. The best has Mrs. Dixie Cornell Gebhardt who created the aptest pennant. This turned into the Iowa Regimental Flag, which was later received as the state banner on March 29, 1921, by the General Assembly of Iowa.

The flag consists of three vertical stripes: the blue stripe stands for loyalty, justice and truth; the white stripe for purity; and the red stripe for courage. On the white center, an eagle carries streamers in its beak which are inscribed with the state's motto: "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain." The word IOWA is in red below the streamers. The eagle carrying streamers also appears on Iowa's state seal. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Iowa Flag for the future.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Iowa flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Iowa flag for the future.




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