Missouri (U.S.)

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by Mario Fabretto, 24 February 1998

• Flag Description
• Civil War Battle Flag
• State Military Crest
• Missouri State Guard

Municipal Flags:

• Jefferson City
• Kansas City
  
• Oak Grove
• Piedmont
• Republic
  
• Springfield
  
• St. Louis
  
• Versailles
• Missouri municipalities with incomplete flag information
  

See also:

• Greene County
• Jasper County
• State Symbols
• United States of America
• States of the United States

In 1822, a star was added, representing Missouri, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to 24. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.

The Missouri flag was adopted on March 22, 1913. The flag was designed by Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver. The flag consists of three horizontal stripes red-white-blue, which represents valor purity vigilance and justice. In the center white stripe is the Missouri coat of arms, circled by a blue band containing 24 stars denoting that Missouri was the 24th state. The COA also contains the year 1820.
Dov Gutterman, 9 October 1998

Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo)
10.020. The official flag of