Iowa's official flag was adopted
in 1921. It was designed by Mrs. Dixie Gebhardt,
of The Daughters of the American Revolution
of Iowa.
The flag has a red, white and blue background
– similar to the French flag. This symbolizes
the fact that Iowa became a territory of the
United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase
(the area had belonged to France, but was sold
to the USA in 1803). On the white central portion
of the flag, a bald eagle holds a flowing ribbon
that reads, Our Liberties We Prize, and Our
Rights We Will Maintain.
Capital: Des Moines
Nickname: Hawkeye State
Motto: Our liberties we prize
and our rights we will maintain.
Flower: Wild Rose (1897)
Iowa was the 29th state in the USA; it was
admitted in 1846.
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