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Title
Flag
Burgee
.
Subject
Flags--Ohio
.
Description
This
flag
was
designed
in
1901
for the
Pan-American
Exposition
in
Buffalo
,
New
York
.
It
flew
over
the
exposition's
Ohio
Building
and was
designed
by the
building's
architect
,
John
Eisenmann
of
Cleveland
. In
1902
, a
bill
was
enacted
, and, by
May
9
,
1902
, the
design
was
signed
into
law
as the
state
flag
of
Ohio
.
Contributors
Eisenmann
,
John,
;
M.C
.
Lilley
Company
,
Language
zxx
Relation
http://worldcat.org/oclc/70657823/viewonline;
http://www.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/;
http://www.ohiomemory.org
Description-Abstract
This
flag
, a
swallow-tailed
pennant
, was
Ohio's
original
state
flag
.
It
consists
of
five
red
and
white
stripes
and a
blue
trianglular
area
. This
blue
area
contains
seventeen
white
stars
and a
red
circle
inside
a
larger
white
circle
. The
blue
triangle
and
points
of the
pennent
represent
Ohio's
hills
and
valleys
, and the
red
and
white
stripes
represent
Ohio's
roads
and
waterways
. The
sum
of
seventeen
white
stars
signifies
Ohio's
entry
into the
Union
as its
seventeenth
state
.
Thirteen
of the
stars
are
grouped
together
to
represent
the
original
thirteen
states
in the
Union
, and the
four
additional
stars
are
set
apart
to
represent
those
states
that
joined
the
Union
after
its
original
inception
. The
white
circle
is
an "
O
" with a
red
center
symbolizing
a
buckeye
.
Date-Issued
1901
Format-Extent
1
flag
:
red
,
white
,
blue
;
114
x
194
cm
.
Format-Medium
Wool
.
Coverage-Spatial
United
States--Ohio--Franklin--Columbus
.
PDI.Title
Flag
-
/
Burgee
OCLC number
70657823
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