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in 1908 and bills to adopt the flag as the official flag of Missouri were introduced by Senator Arthur L. Oliver, her nephew, in 1909 and 1911. Both bills failed to pass in the House. A competing flag design, by G. H. Holcomb and referred to as the "Holcomb flag", was opposed due to its resemblance
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signed the Oliver Flag Bill. The flag design remains unchanged to this day. The silk flag was kept by Marie Oliver until 1961 when her son Allen gave it to the state of Missouri. The flag was displayed until it began to deteriorate and was put into storage. In 1988, Secretary of State
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extensively. She wrote each state's secretary of state for information about how their state's flags had been designed and officially adopted. Her original design incorporated Missouri's coat of arms and was rendered as a painted paper flag by her friend Mary Kochitzky.
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and its lack of Missouri symbolism. Oliver's original paper flag was destroyed when the Missouri State Capitol burned in 1911. With Mrs. S. D. MacFarland, Oliver sewed a second flag out of silk. Her design was adopted on March 22, 1913, when governor
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The design of the state flag has been modified officially once since 1861. The current version is the longest-used and has been in use since March 22, 1913
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issued a challenge to elementary students to raise money to restore the flag. The campaign was successful and the restored flag has been displayed in the
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There are a total of 61 stars on the flag, including the 37 on the state seal: 24 stars in the cloud above the helmet, and 13 stars in the included
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when she was appointed chairperson of the Daughters of the American Revolution committee to research and design Missouri's flag. Oliver researched
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The flag is a tricolor consisting of three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue which resembles the flag of the
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
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centered on the three bands. The Seal is bordered by a wide band of blue with 24 white stars.
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to Lieut. Col. Charles W. Davis, assistant provost marshal general for Maj. Gen.
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It is one of two U.S. state flags to feature a bear, the other being the flag of
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of three equal horizontal stripes colored red, white, and blue, with the
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flags. The Missouri flag ranked in the bottom 25, 48th out of the 72.
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Cannon, Devereaux D. Jr. (2005) . "Chapter 7: State Flags".
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Missouri did not have an official flag until Major-General
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State Information Center in Jefferson City ever since.
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List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
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The Missouri state flag was designed and stitched in
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The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History
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Flag of Missouri
Use
Civil
state flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
tricolor
red
white
blue
arms
Great Seal of Missouri
Marie Elizabeth Oliver
state flag
U.S. state
Missouri
triband
arms
Great Seal of Missouri
Mary Elizabeth Oliver
Elliot Woolfolk Major
Flag of Missouri
Use
State flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
gold
field
Robert Wells

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