The union of the flag shall be seventeen five-pointed stars, white in a blue triangular field that represents the state's hills and valleys, the base of which shall be the staff end or vertical edge of the flag, and the apex of which shall be the center of the middle red stripe. It shall have three red and two white horizontal stripes that represent the roads and waterways of the state. The flag of the state shall be burgee-shaped. The Ohio state flag's design is defined in the Ohio Revised Code, section 5.01: A scarlet-colored gubernatorial flag is based on the state seal.Īn Ohio flag flies above Sawyer Point in Cincinnati. The Ohio flag has influenced a number of logos and municipal flags within the state. Ohio has adopted an official salute to the flag and the official folding procedure gives it 17 folds. One unsuccessful proposal had called for a design based on the state seal. Before that, for nearly a century after statehood, Ohio did not have a legally authorized state flag. The flag was designed in 1901 by John Eisenmann for the Pan-American Exposition and adopted in 1902. A prominent disc in the flag's triangular canton is suggestive of the state's name. Its red, white, and blue elements symbolize the state's natural features and order of admission into the Union. It is a triangular swallowtail flag, the only non-rectangular U.S. The Ohio Burgee is the official flag of the U.S. The chevron is azure containing a white and red "O" and 17 white stars. A Guidon consisting of 5 horizontal stripes alternating between red and white.
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