I've been living in Ohio for nearly eleven and a half years but just recently learned about the symbolism of the state flag. Let me share what I learned with you from Wikipedia and the Ohio Public Library Information System.
The flag is sometimes referred to as the "Ohio burgee." Burgee is the proper term for a swallow-tail flag. It is the only non-rectangular American state flag and was adopted in 1902. Ohio entered the union in 1803.
The blue triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys. The stripes represent roads and waterways. There are seventeen stars to symbolize that Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the union. The stars are clustered around a circle representing the Northwest Territory. The white circle with with the red center is dual purpose both representing the "O" of Ohio and also symbolizing the nut from from the Buckeye Tree, Ohio's state tree. Ohio is also known as the Buckeye State.
Pretty nifty, eh?
So...here's the contest.
Ohio State Symbol Contest
We'll send candy buckeyes to the first reader able to correctly identify Ohio's official state insect.
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