JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Do you know what Missouri’s state flag looks like on the top of your head? If you can’t, you’re not alone.
Ahead of the Flag Day holiday on Friday, BetKentucky.com released a list of the Top 10 least recognizable state flags. Missouri’s state flag was ranked the ninth-hardest to recognize.
Only around 41.4% of Americans, or nearly two out of every five people, can correctly identify Missouri’s state flags among others.
So let’s do a quick pop quiz. Swipe through the photo gallery of Top 10 least recognizable state flags below. Scroll down the article for the answer, following a brief explanation of Missouri’s state flag.
Missouri’s state flag was adopted in 1913, nearly a century after it achieved statehood. The flag was designed by Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver, wife of former State Senator Robert B. Oliver, according to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office.
Oliver’s original state flag, made of silk with some hand-painted elements, was donated to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office in 1961 and displayed in the Capitol building from then to 1980. The original flag was restored in the late 1980s and is now displayed in the secretary of state’s lobby in Jefferson City.
The flag includes tributes to indicate that Missouri was the 24th state to join the union. Its main colors represent vigilance, permanency, justice, valor and purity. The Missouri state flag also includes a coat of arms.
Like many of the state flags above, it includes text and at least one person or animal.
The Answer
If swipe you swipe right from start to finish on the photo gallery above, Missouri’s state flag is No. 8.
It has red, white, and blue colors, like the American flag, with two bears around the coat of arms.
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