Flag of Nevada

The flag of the U.S. state of Nevada was adopted in 1929, when governor Fred B. Balzar signed into law a bill adopting the new flag. Its design consists of a solid cobalt blue field with, in the upper hoist quarter, two crossed sprays of sagebrush (the state flower) forming a half-wreath. Centered within the wreath is an upward-pointing silver star (a reference to the state's nickname, the Silver State), with the state's name arched below it in evenly spaced golden-yellow letters. Above the wreath is a golden-yellow scroll touching its tips, bearing the words "Battle Born", one of the state's mottos (in reference to Nevada becoming a state during the American Civil War).

Statute

Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 235, § 235.020 defines the state flag as:

History

In 1877, there was a bill on the house floor to come up with a state flag. It never went anywhere.

First flag (1905)

thumb|200px| The first Nevada state flag from 1905 to 1915

The first flag of Nevada was created by Governor John Sparks and Colonel Harry Day in 1905. It was based strongly on Nevada's natural resources of gold and silver. The blue of the flag was to be the same as the blue on the flag of the United States.

Second flag (1915)

thumb|200px| The second Nevada state flag from 1915 to 1929

The second flag of Nevada was designed by Clara Crisler in 1915. The flag sought to be more representative of Nevada by adding the state seal as the center point of the flag. The flag retained the same blue field as the previous flag. The 36 stars on the flag represented how Nevada was the 36th state in the union.

Other flags

thumb|200px|State banner made for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, 1912-1915

According to The San Francisco Call there was a state flag made in 1912 for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. It was given to Governor Tasker Oddie by the Charles C Moore, president of the exposition. The banner was white with the word "NEVADA" on top and the state seal in the center with the date of the exposition below.

Proposed flags

File:Nevada Flag (Proposed, 1953).svg| Proposed flag of 1953 that was vetoed.

File:Proposed Flag of Nevada (2001).svg| John Karp's proposed flag for Nevada from 2001, which won flag redesign contests in both the Utne Reader and the Nevada Magazine.

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Gallery

File:Slide Mountain (Nevada) (cropped).jpg|The state flag flying in Carson City, underneath a U.S. flag.

File:Nevada Bicentennial 13c 1976 issue.jpg|The state flag as depicted in the 1976 bicentennial postage stamp series.

File:Flag of Nevada (National Geographic, 1917).jpg|Depiction of the state flag from 1917.