Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1920 — THE INDIANA BANNER [ARTICLE]

THE INDIANA BANNER

At the Armistice day celebration a* the statehouse the first official use was made of Indiana's state flag. Probably not one person in a thousand knows what the state flag is. The legislature In 1917 enacted the following law: That a state banner is hereby adopted, and the same shall be of the following design and dimensions, to-wit: Its dimensions shall be five feet and six Inches fly b> four feet and four inches hoist, and the field of the same shall be blue with nineteen stars and a flaming torch in gold or buff. Thirteen stars shall be arranged in an outer circle and representing the original thirteen states, five stars in a half circle below the torch and inside th 4 circle of stars and representing the states admitted prior to Indiana, and the nineteenth star, appreciably larger than the others and representing Indiana, placed above the flame M the torch. The outer circle of stars so arranged that one star shall appear directly in the middle at the top of the circle. And the word: “Indiana,” to be placed in a half circle over and above the star representing Indiana and midway between It and the star in the center above it. Rays to be shown radiating from the torch to the three stars on each side of the star in the upper center of the circle. • This is to be the regulation flag, in addition to the American flag, with all the militia forces of the state, and in all public functions in which the state offlclaUy appears. Nothing in the act prevents the use of the banner by private Individuals or by patriotic societies. In 1913 the legislature provided that “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away” should be the state song. At the same session of the legislature a house concurrent resolution was adopted making the carnation the stats flower. —Indianapolis News.