This extremely beautiful and patriotic flag is filled with both national and state symbolism. It is without a doubt the most colorfully spirited and individually unique of all of the state flags.
The union of the flag,is a large blue triangle that is populated with seventeen white stars. Those stars that are grouped around the circle represent the thirteen original colonies. The four stars found at the apex (far side point of the large O) of the triangle combine with the stars of the thirteen original colonies to total seventeen. Ohio was the seventeenth state to enter the union.
Three red and two white horizontal stripes and the blue field copy the red, white and blue of the Stars and Stripes. The blue field represents Ohio's hills and valleys. The stripes represent the roads and waterways of the state.
The white circle with a its red center forms the O in Ohio and can also be related to the state's nickname, the Buckeye State.
It's truly one of a kind swallowtail design easily distinguishes it and has set it apart from all of the rest.
It has always been acknowledged as extremly bold and vibrantly beautiful and is widely heralded and acclaimed as the most remarkably identifiable and recognizable state flag of them all.
