Flag of Nevada

Flag of Nevada

Use	Civil and state flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	July 25, 1991
Design	Solid cobalt blue field. The canton contains two sagebrush branches encircling a silver star with the text "Nevada" and "Battle Born".
Variant flag of Nevada
Name	Flag of the Governor of Nevada
Design	Canton of the State flag in the center, with four white stars, one in each corner

The flag of the state of Nevada consists of a cobalt blue field with a silver star in the upper left hand corner, surrounded by the state name "Nevada." Above this is a golden-yellow scroll with the words "Battle Born," indicating that Nevada became a state during the American Civil War. Below the star are two sprays of green sagebrush (the state flower) with yellow flowers.^[1]

History

State flag, 1905-1915

The first flag of Nevada was created by Governor John Sparks and Col. Harry Day in 1905. It was based strongly on Nevada's natural resources of gold and silver. The blue of the flag was based directly on the color of the flag of the United States.^[2]

Flag flying at Great Basin National Park

The current flag had its origin in a design contest announced in 1926. The winning design, by Louis Shellback III, was subjected to some revision in the state legislature, where there was disagreement between the two houses over the placement of the word "Nevada" on the flag. A compromise was reached, and in 1929 Governor Fred B. Balzar signed into law a bill adopting the new flag. In 1989, however, a legislative researcher discovered that the bill as sent to and signed by the Governor did not accurately reflect the 1929 legislative agreement. A law enacted in 1991 directed that the word "Nevada" appear below the star and above the sagebrush sprays, thus producing the current design.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U.S. state, U.S. territorial and Canadian provincial flags. NAVA's members ranked Nevada's flag 55th out of the 72.^[3]

See also

Nevada portal

• Flags of the Governors of the U.S. States
• State of Nevada
  • Symbols of the state of Nevada
    • Great Seal of the State of Nevada

References

1. ^ "State flag". Nevada Revised Statutes; Chapter 235§20. State of Nevada. 1991. http://leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-235.html#NRS235Sec020. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.nevadatrivia.com/index.php?p=stateflags
3. ^ http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/State&Provincial%20Survey%202001/surveyresults.htm

External links

• Nevada State Archivist's account of the history of the flag