| Description |
"Dark blue Sego Lily on a yellow triangle with a dark red background behind the yellow triangle. The red, yellow, and blue are roughly the same Western colors that our four-corners sister states (Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona) use to represent red rocks, beautiful sunsets, and handsome, dark skies. The Sego Lily, Utah's state flower, hearkens both to the rugged pioneers who used the Sego Lily bulbs for food to survive their first harsh winter in Utah, and the Native Americans already in the valley who showed the pioneers how to use the bulbs for food. Historians (and Brigham Young) said that without the Sego Lily, many pioneers would have died from starvation. The Sego Lily is a beautiful small flower, that, though delicate, still thrives in the harshest circumstances. So, too, are those who have called Utah home, from Native Americans living in Utah long before the pioneers arrived and through to the present day. The flag is relatively simple and should be easily identifiable in a cluster of other flags. The simple Sego Lily shape (three repeating shields and spikes) and should be easily remembered by school children, and should be similarly marketable like the C for Colorado, the blazing sunset from Arizona's flag, and the Zia symbol that adorns New Mexico's flag." |
