Beehive, sego lily and ring of stars on blue with gold edge

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Title Beehive, sego lily and ring of stars on blue with gold edge
Design Feature Beehive; Sego Lily; Star
Publisher Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement
Date 2022-03-10
Spatial Coverage Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5549030/utah.html
Subject Flags; Utah; Vexillography
Description "Based on my other two designs that I have submitted, this flag contains the beehive as the centerpiece as I believe it is a very important symbol to Utah, with almost anything relating to Utah having a beehive on it. Since this is the case, I made it the centerpiece. Surrounding the beehive I put 29 stars, representing the 29 counties making up Utah. I went with white for the stars as they represent purity and hope, which I believe is very fitting for what our state stands for. I put a sego lily at the top of the ring of stars. I really like the sego lily as a state symbol, so I put it in this position to represent Utah's beauty. For the background color I went with the blue that is on the current state flag. When I was asking around at school if I should change the color, or keep the blue, a vast majority of people said to keep the blue. The blue background will give the flag a sense of familiarity. Next I added a bee in front of the beehive to represent the community of Utah. It represents our unity and industrial nature. Finally, I put a gold border around the edge of the flag. Borders on the edges of flags are a very unique thing being on only 2 other state flags. It will allow the flag to stand out, and put more light color on the flag. I kept the color theme for all the designs blue, gold/yellow, black, and white as they fit together very well, and give a formal look."
Collection Number and Name More Than A Flag: Utah State Flag Redesign
Type Image
Genre flags
Format image/jpeg
Language eng
Rights
Rights Management Creator of flag design submitted and authorized More Than A Flag Initiative along with Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement to use their design and/or information related to their design in publications, advertising, including social media platforms. Consent was freely given as a public service without expectation of payment.
Scanning Technician Born digital
ARK ark:/87278/s6hkx67c
Alternate Name(s) 13386950072
Setname dha_mtaf
ID 2197815
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hkx67c
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