Iowa flag adorns new postage stamp
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By Fred Love | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
A new postage stamp unveiled today will honor Iowa by showcasing the state’s flag waving atop a corn field.(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
DES MOINES — A new postage stamp unveiled Thursday will honor Iowa by showcasing the state’s flag waving atop a corn field.
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and representatives of the United States Postal Service unveiled the postage stamp during a ceremony at the State Capitol.
Culver said the stamp highlights the symbolic elements on the state flag that represent the core values of Iowans and Americans.
“Today we are meeting to celebrate perhaps the best-known symbol of our state, the Iowa flag,” he said.
He said the state motto that adorns the flag, “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain,” captures the courage and spirit of Iowans, and, along with the flag’s red, white and blue stripes, symbolically tells the state’s story.
The flag was designed by Dixie Cornell Gebhardt in 1916 and adopted as Iowa’s flag in 1921.
“Almost 100 years later, these symbols are very much alive in Iowa,” he said.
The stamp is part of the United States Postal Service’s Flags of Our Nation series that continues through 2010 and features 60 stamps representing the flags of all of the states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
Iowa joined nine other states to make up the second release in the series, which began last spring.
The new series that includes the Iowa stamp is now available at post offices or online at usps.com/shop.
Doug Morrow, Hawkeye District manager for the U.S. Postal Service in Des Moines, said the inclusion of the corn field on the stamp pays tribute to Iowa’s agricultural tradition and its natural beauty.
“With this stamp the postal service continues its tradition of celebrating our nation’s diverse gifts and natural treasures,” Morrow said.
Fred Love can be contacted at (515) 243-0138 or fred.love@lee.net. Comment on this story at qctimes.com.
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