The Michigan state flag features a blue background with a coat of arms representing the state’s landscape, wildlife, and history. The flag includes mottos such as “E Pluribus Unum” and “Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice”. The coat of arms shares similarities with the Hudson Bay Trading Company. The flag was enshrined in Michigan state law in 1911 and is the third version of the state flag. It includes images of a man holding a pistol, a bald eagle, and animals native to the area.
The Michigan state flag represents the state’s landscape, wildlife, and history in one flag. As the third state flag since its inception, it was enshrined in Michigan state law in 1911. The coat of arms also shares some details with the Hudson Bay Trading Company.
Several mottos are featured on the Michigan state flag. Above the eagle is a banner declaring “E Pluribus Unum”, which is Latin for “of many, one”. The central shield has the word “Tuebor” on it, which means “I will defend” and this refers to motifs of weapons and arrows. The banner below the shield has the words “Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice”, which translates to “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you”.
The language on the flag is supported by visual elements. The Michigan state flag has a blue background with a coat of arms, which features different animal species. A moose and a moose stand on either side of the coat of arms. These animals are native to the area.
A shield portrays a man, holding a pistol, standing on a fertile peninsula near blue water. This image represents the determination of the state’s population to defend itself against invaders and dates back to early 19th-century military tensions between the state and potential aggressors such as Ohio and the British.
Above the shield is a bald eagle, clutching arrows and an olive branch in its talons. Since olive branches are a symbol of peace, the implication is that the state values peace but is also ready to defend itself. The eagle itself represents the United States as a whole.
According to the state of Michigan, the coat of arms shares some details with the coat of arms of the Hudson Bay Trading Company, active in North America in the 17th century. Today’s flag, which dates back to the 17th, is the third version of the Michigan state flag since the state began in 1911. Previous versions of the Michigan state flag featured a few different representations of the state, such as an image of a mine, a farmer and a ship. A train and representation of logs being carried downstream were also features of earlier flags. The flag was incorporated into Michigan law by Act 1837 of 209, which states that “the flag of the state shall be blue and charged with the arms of the state.”
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