North Dakota Flag

North Dakota Flag History Adopted: November 9, 1943North Dakota Flag Design: Unit banner carried by the state's troops in the Philippine–American War.State Mottos:        Great Seal: Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable        Coat of arms: Strength from the Soil        Latin motto: Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit (One sows for the benefit of another age) On January 21, 1911, Representative Colonel John H. Fraine introduced H.B. No. 152 designating an official flag for the state of North Dakota (1911 S.L., ch. 283). The legislation specifically required that the flag conforms to the color, form, and size of the regimental flag carried by the North Dakota Infantry in the Spanish-American War in 1898 and Philippine Island Insurrection in 1899; the only exception was the name North Dakota placed on the scroll below the eagle. On March 3, 1911, the Legislative Assembly adopted the North Dakota state flag. North Dakota Century Code Section 54-02-02 describes the state flag