Vermont History Facts and Fun - Secretary of State

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THE HISTORY OF VERMONT’S STATE FLAGThe Vermont state flag went through several different forms before the current flagwas developed. When Vermont joined the United States in 1791, it did not have its ownflag. In 1803, Vermont created a flag for its state militia. All state flags had to includefeatures from the United States flag, so a flag with seventeen alternating red and whitestripes, and seventeen stars was made. The seventeen stripes and stars represented the17 states that were then part of the Union. The word VERMONT was written above thestars. However, when a new flag was adopted for the United States, one with thirteenstripes to represent the 13 original colonies and a star for every state, the Vermont flagwas changed.The second flag was authorized in 1837. It had thirteen stripes, one white star in a bluefield, and the state coat of arms within the star. This flag was kept until 1923, when aflag that was unique to Vermont was created.It was no longer necessary for each state flag to have references to the United Statesflag, so Vermont adopted a flag with the Vermont state coat of arms in a blue field. Thiswas the flag that had been used by soldiers in the Civil War,Everystate isunique, just likeyou and me! That iswhy it is so important foreach state to have its ownstate flag to express itsindividuality! I like Vermont’s stateflag a lot – how about you?the Spanish-American War, and World War I. It is thecurrent Vermont state flag.Artist Challenge: If you were in charge ofdesigning the Vermont state flag, whatwould it look like?To see what the Vermontstate flag actually looks like,color the background dark blue!QUICK QUIZHow many state flags hasVermont had since the firstone was created in 1803?Answers on page 22.Page 8Vermont History, Facts & Fun
STATE SYMBOLSVermont has some cool state symbols! Champstole the vital vowels from these trickytongue twisters. Can you supply them anddraw a line to the correct state symbol?Sh_mm_r_ng S_g_r M_pl_UOH_v_r_ng H_n_y B_ _M_gn_f_c_nt M_rg_n H_rs_R_d_ _nt R_d Cl_v_rB_bbl_ng Br_ _k Tr_ _tEIH_ppy H_rm_t Thr_shNow say each tongue twisterthree times fast!Answers on page 22AHere are some more of Vermont’s state symbols!State FishWalleye (warm water)State InsectMonarch ButterflyState PieApple PieState MineralTalcState RocksMarble, granite,slateVermont Secretary of State Page 9
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