Flag of Michigan
The current flag of the U.S. state of Michigan was established in 1913.
Shaping
The flag is in the middle of the Seal of the State on a dark blue field, as it is defined in the Federal Law of Michigan. ( The governor of Michigan has a variant of the flag with a white instead of a blue box. )
The flag has three tapes with Latin mottos:
- Red Ribbon: E pluribus unum ( " Out of many one " - motto of the United States)
- Bright Blue Shield: Tuebor ( " I will defend " )
- White Ribbon: Si quaeris peninsulam amœnam Circumspice ( "If you are looking for a friendly peninsula, look around you !")
Coat of arms holders are a Wapiti and a moose. The Bald Eagle on the sign comes from the seal of the United States.
On the shield a man is shown with a raised hand and gun in front of the rising sun on a peninsula. The raised hand is the desire for peace, the rifle 's determination to defend itself.
History
The current flag, introduced in 1913, is the third flag of the state. The first flag was a portrait of the first governor of Michigan, Stevens T. Mason, on the one side and the coat of arms of the state together with a soldier and a woman on the other side. The second flag, introduced in 1885, had the coat of arms of the state on the one hand and the Seal of the United States on the other side.
Michigan's flag oath was written by Harold G. Coburn and officially defined in Public Act No. 165 of 1972.
" I pledge allegiance to the flag of Michigan, and to the state for Which It Stands, two beautiful peninsulas united by a bridge of steel, where equal opportunity and justice to all is our ideal. "
"I swear allegiance to the flag of Michigan, and the State for which it stands, two beautiful peninsulas united by a bridge of steel, where equal opportunity and justice for all our ideals are. "
Wherein said bridge is the Machinacbrücke which connects the upper and lower Peninsula Michigan.