The official flag of Kansas
was adopted in 1927. It has a blue field, the
word KANSAS, the sunflower, and the state seal
of Kansas. The seal pictures rich Kansas farmland,
a farmer plowing, covered wagons, Native Americans
hunting bison, a rising sun, a steamboat on
the water, 34 stars, and the state motto.
Capital: Topeka
Nicknames: Sunflower State;
Jayhawk State
Motto: Ad astra per aspera
(To the stars through difficulties)
Flower: Sunflower (1903)
Kansas was the 34th state in the USA; it became
a state in 1861.
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