| 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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