Flag of Ohio

Its red, white, and blue elements symbolize the state's natural features and order of admission into the Union.

The proportional dimensions of the flag and of its various parts shall be according to the official design on file in the office of the secretary of state.

Its shape, lack of text, and mirror symmetry allow it to be flown or hung in various orientations without affecting legibility.

[7] On account of the flag's uncommon shape, foreign manufacturers have occasionally set the entire design against a white, rectangular field.

[11] Later that year, Wood and Carrington joined fellow Ohioans in battle under the 34-star Union flag, which would serve as the inspiration for a state banner decades later.

[12] In 1901, Cleveland architect John Eisenmann was commissioned to design an exhibition hall for his state at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

On July 18, Governor George K. Nash visited the exposition, where he was presented with one of the flags,[3] which is now held in the Ohio History Connection collections.

[15] Initially, Ohio's flag was seldom used, in part due to the prevailing opinion that the Stars and Stripes should hold a monopoly on patriotic displays.

Similar sentiment hindered the adoption of municipal flags in Cleveland and Cincinnati, to the extent that both were downplayed as mere "banners" for promotional purposes.

[18] In the century following its adoption, the guidon gained significant popularity, being flown not only by the state but frequently also by its residents and businesses.

Fold the flag in half lengthwise a second time to form a long strip with the red disc facing the ground.

The result is a total of seventeen folds symbolizing that Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted to the Union.

A number of municipalities and counties in Ohio have adopted pennants and swallowtails based on the state burgee.

Adams County and the cities of Marysville and Mentor have flags that essentially replace the annulus with a seal and modify the pattern of stars in the triangular union.

An Ohio flag flies above Sawyer Point in Cincinnati .
A typical 34-star Union guidon, carried by many Ohio cavalry units during the Civil War.
A rectangular Ohio flag flies in front of the Benetka Road Covered Bridge in Ashtabula County .
From 1831 to 1865, the design of the state seal was unregulated, but common embellishments included a flatboat or canal boat . [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
Eisenmann's original specification [ 2 ]
The Ohio Building at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition
The flag of Ohio is officially folded in 17 steps.
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag The flag of the governor of Ohio incorporates the 1996 state coat of arms. A physical flag made in the 1950s colors the hills purple and omits the river. [ 29 ]