T THE OHIO FLAG. Adopted by the Ohio Commission at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. HE above cut is given as a matter of interest, inasmuch as it is proposed that the General Assembly at its session in 1902 shali be asked to adopt the design permanently for official use as the flag of the State of Ohio. Its symbolism is as follows: The triangles formed by the main lines of the flag represent the hills and valleys, as typified in the State seal, and the stripes the roads and waterways. The stars, indicating the thirteen original states of the Union, are grouped about the circle which represents the original Northwest Territory and that Ohio was the seventeenth State admitted into the Union is shown by adding of four more stars. The white circle with its red center, not only represents the initial letter of Ohio, but is suggestive of its being the "Buckeye" State. The proportions and symmetry of the flag are such that it may be shown in any position without effecting its symbolism. |