Michigan (U.S.)

Last modified: 2005-01-29 by rick wyatt
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by Mario Fabretto, 24 February 1998

• Description
• Coat of Arms
• Governor's Flag
• State Pledge
• State Military Crest

Municipal flags:

• Ann Arbor
• Brighton Township
• Detroit
• Grand Rapids
• Hancock
• Holland
• Lansing
• Redford Township
• Saline
• Walker
• Waterford Township
• West Branch Township
• Wyoming
• Michigan municipalities with incomplete flag information

See also:

• Chippewa County
• Clinton County
• Kent County
• Ogemaw County
• Michigan Historical Museum website
• United States of America
• States of the United States

In 1837, a star was added, representing Michigan, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to 26. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.

The Michigan flag was adopted August 1, 1911 as part of the unfortunate trend creating so many navy blue state flags with state seals. The state's first flag featured on one side a portr