Iowa Flag

Iowa Flag History Adopted: March 12, 1921Iowa Flag Design: A vertical tricolor consisting of blue, white, red. The center stripe is twice the width of the other two and contains an eagle holding a ribbon.Designed by Dixie Cornell GebhardtIowa was almost 75 years old before the Iowa Flag was adopted by the Legislature. The creation of an Iowa state flag had been suggested for years by patriotic organizations, but no action was taken until World War I, when Iowa National Guardsmen stationed along the Mexican border suggested a state flag was needed. The Guardsmen said regiments from other states had flags and they felt one was needed to designate their unit. This prompted the state's Daughters of the American Revolution to design a flag in 1917. The Legislature officially adopted the design in 1921.Iowans, with the memory of the Civil War still fresh in their minds, had not adopted a state flag because they felt a national flag was the only one needed. Approval of the flag was aided by p