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Maine Nylon Flag

Available Sizes: 12×18 in, 2×3 ft, 3×5 ft, 4×6 ft, 5×8 ft

Although a second Maine state flag was adopted in 1901, this flag is rarely seen. This flag shows a pine tree in the center of a buff background, with the North Star in blue within the canton. The first and almost exclusively still-used flag features the state seal of 1820. The design shows the White Pine state tree with an indigenous moose beneath it on a shield. On either side of the shield are a farmer and a sailor, depicting Maine’s agricultural and maritime bases. The North Star indicates that Maine was the northernmost state when it joined the Union. The state motto “Dirigo” meaning “I direct” is above the shield, the state name is below.

Massachusetts Nylon Flag

Available Sizes: 12×18 in, 2×3 ft, 3×5 ft, 4×6 ft, 5×8 ft

The Massachusetts flag has a blue, gold and white design on a white field. The state seal appears in the middle, and has an Indian in gold on a blue shield with a white star representing the United States above it. Above the shield is a crest with an arm holding sword, below it is a scroll containing the state motto “Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem” (“by the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.”)

Minnesota Nylon Flag

Available Sizes: 12×18 in, 2×3 ft, 3×5 ft, 4×6 ft, 5×8 ft

The present Minnesota flag was designed in 1957, and has the state seal on a blue field. The Lady Slipper, the state flower, runs around the white circle around the seal which features a landscape with a Native American riding past a farmer cultivating his field. A scroll containing the state motto, “Letiole du Nord” (“Star of the North”), nineteen stars representing Minnesota as the nineteenth state, and the year of its statehood, 1858, complete the state seal.

Missouri Nylon Flag

Available Sizes: 12×18 in, 2×3 ft, 3×5 ft, 4×6 ft, 5×8 ft

The Missouri state flag is another Daughter of the American Revolution designed flag consisting of the state seal centered on a field of three horizontal stripes of the French flag’s red, white and blue, acknowledging that the land was sold to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Missouri was the twenty-fourth state to join the Union, resulting in the twenty-four stars in both the ring around the state seal design and in the blue sky above the arms. In the center of the seal, two grizzly bears representing courage support a shield. The right side of the shield represents the U.S. depicting its arms, the left side of the shield symbolizing Missouri. The upper left side of the shield shows a crescent, the bottom has a grizzly. The state motto “Salus populi suprema lex esto” (“Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law”) is in a scroll beneath the shield, and the phrase “United We Stand, Divided We Fall” encircles it. Below the scroll is the date 1820 in Roman numerals. The year 1820 is the date of the Missouri Compromise, which enabled Missouri to become a member of the United States.