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- The red disk at the hoist end suggests the seed of the buckeye, the official state tree. The white O around it corresponds to the initial letter of the state name, while the use of stars and stripes and the colours red, white, and blue clearly honour the U.S. national flag.
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U.S. state flag in a swallow-tailed shape incorporating red and white stripes and a blue hoist triangle featuring a white-bordered red disk and 17 stars. Ohio is the only one of the 50 states to use a nonrectangular flag.
It is a triangular swallowtail flag. Its red, white, and blue elements symbolize the state's natural features and order of admission into the Union. A prominent disc in the flag's triangular canton is suggestive of the state's name. The flag was adopted in 1902.
The official national colors of the United States are seen on the American flag: red, white, and blue; signifying valor, purity, perseverance, and justice.
Mar 23, 2019 · While the Continental Congress did not assign specific meanings to the colors when the flag was adopted in 1777, colors from the Great Seal of the United States did have meanings. White signifies purity and innocence; red signifies valor and bravery; and blue signifies vigilance, perseverance, and justice.
The Ohio burgee, as the swallow-tailed design is properly called, was drawn by John Eisenmann, architect and designer for the Ohio State Pan-American Exposition Commission. The Ohio flag has three red and two white horizontal stripes.