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ALASKA
Forty-Ninth State
Flag Adopted
1927
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Date Admitted: |
Jan. 3, 1959 |
| State Capital: |
Juneau |
| State Motto: |
"North to the future" |
| Nickname: |
Land of the Midnight Sun |
| State Song: |
"Alaska's Flag" |
| State Flower: |
Forget-Me-Not |
| State Tree: |
Sitka Spruce |
| State Bird: |
Ptarmigan |
| This flag was designed by a thirteen year
old seventh grader named Benny Benson. His design won a state contest in
1927. The blue in the flag is for the state flower (Forget-me-not) and
the Alaskan sky. The gold is for the natural wealth. The Big Dipper and
North Star are symbolic for Alaska's position in relation to the heavens. |
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