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Thursday 14 July 2016

History Of Kansas Flag

By Marta Sheen


Kansas, situated on the American Great Plains, became the 34th state on January 29, 1861. Its path to statehood was long and bloody: After the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 opened the two territories to settlement and allowed the new settlers to determine whether the states would be admitted to the union as "free" or"slave".

Kansas has long been known as part of America's agricultural heartland and is home to the major U.S. military installation Fort Leavenworth. In 1954, it became a battleground of the civil rights movement when the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case was decided in the Supreme Court, ending the doctrine of "separate but equal" in public schools.

The state flag adopted on March 23, 1927, usually represented the state on official occasions. The Kansas Flag is as unique as the other state flags of the US, in terms of its description, symbolism and history. The bright Kansas Flag is complete with the state symbols that lend a great deal of value and dignity to it. The Kansas Flag has a navy blue background bearing the state seal, surrounded by 34 stars and a sunflower on a twisted bar of gold and blue. The state motto "Ad Astra per Aspera" meaning "To the Stars through Difficulties" is right above the stars. The state name “KANSAS” is written in bold golden letters below the seal.

The Kansas flag consists of a blue field containing the state’s seal. Just above, sits a sunflower on a gold and blue bar while the state’s name, “Kansas” appears in bold letters beneath the seal. Inside the seal appears a great landscape that depicts a flowing river, steamboat, plowman, cabin, bison, American Indians, and wagons against a backdrop of rising mountains. Above the landscape sit thirty-four stars sheltered by the words, “Ad Astra per Aspera.”

In the flag history of Kansas, an unusual distinction was made between the so-called "state banner" and the "state flag." A state banner was first adopted on February 27, 1925, consisting of the name of the state written above the state seal and set on a background of blue. The seal was framed by a sunflower, adopted in 1903 as the state floral emblem. On June 30, 1953, the state banner was very much simplified; thereafter it was blue with a large sunflower blossom, including a brown centre and gold petals. Neither of these banners, however, was extensively used.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Kansas flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Kansas flag for the future.




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