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Wednesday, January 9, 2008


Kansas State Flag


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Kansas' official flag was adopted in 1927. The flag has a blue field, the word "KANSAS," the sunflower (Kansas' state flower), and the state seal of Kansas. The seal pictures rich Kansas farmland, a farmer plowing, covered wagons, Native Americans hunting bison, a rising sun, a steamboat (representing commerce) on the water (beneath the sun and the mountains), 34 stars (since Kansas was the 34th state in the USA), and the state motto, "AD ASTRA PER ASPERA," meaning "To the stars through difficulty," in Latin.



State Capital: Topeka


Largest City: Wichita


State Flower: Sunflower


State Tree: Cottonwood


State Bird: western meadowlark


State Nickname: Sunflower State; Jayhawk State


State Motto: Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties)


Bordering States: Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma


Origin of the Name: From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”



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