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The flag of Indiana
was designed by Paul Hadley and officially adopted by the state of
Indiana on May 31, 1917. It was the state's first official flag
and has remained unchanged since then except for the creation of a
statute to standardize the production of the flag.
History
To commemorate the state's 1916 centennial anniversary, the
Indiana General Assembly issued resolution to adopt a state flag.
At the request of the General Assembly, a contest was sponsored by
the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution to design
a flag to serve as the official state banner. As an incentive to
increase the number of submissions, the contest offered the winner
a one hundred dollar cash prize. More than two hundred submissions
were received and examined by the Society before a winner was
selected. The entry created by Paul Hadley of Mooresville, Indiana
was ultimately chosen as the winner of the contest and the cash
prize.
On May 31, 1917 the flag was adopted as the state's official
banner. The General Assembly made only one change to Hadley's
original design, they added the word Indiana, in a crescent shape,
over the top of the torch. The state banner was later renamed the
state's flag in a new statute passed in 1955 that also
standardized the design of the flag.
Iconography
The flag consists of a gold torch that represents liberty and
enlightenment; the rays around the torch represent their
far-reaching influence. The nineteen stars represent Indiana's
place as the nineteenth state to join the United States. The
thirteen stars in the outer loop symbolize the original Thirteen
Colonies, the five inner stars represent the next five states
added to the Union, and the one large star above the torch to
represent Indiana. |
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 Sterling
Silver Charm of Indiana
Statute
The current statute that governs the design of the state flag states:
The flags dimensions shall be three feet fly by two feet hoist; or five
feet fly by three feet hoist; or any size proportionate to either of
those dimensions. The field of the flag shall be blue with nineteen
stars and a flaming torch in gold or buff. Thirteen stars shall be
arranged in an outer circle, representing the original thirteen states;
five stars shall be arranged in a half circle below the torch and inside
the outer circle of stars, representing the states admitted prior to
Indiana; and the nineteenth star, appreciably larger than the others and
representing Indiana shall be placed above the flame of the torch. The
outer circle of stars shall be so arranged that one star shall appear
directly in the middle at the top of the circle, and the word "Indiana"
shall be placed in a half circle over and above the star representing
Indiana and midway between it and the star in the center above it. Rays
shall be shown radiating from the torch to the three stars on each side
of the star in the upper center of the circle.
Usage
Several others laws govern the use of the state flag. The flag is
required to be flown by all state militias and the Indiana National
Guard. It is to be on display at the Indiana Statehouse at all times.[4]
The flag must also be displayed at any agency that is funded in part or
in full by the state government, including public schools, state
universities, and state parks.[5] In all other respects the flag should
be treated with the same care and respect as the flag of the United
States. |
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