Flag of North Dakota

North Dakota’s state flag, which was adopted in 1911, was originally used by the state militia. The flag consists of many elements each having their own meaning. There is a bald eagle is in the center of the blue background. The eagle is holding in its claws an olive branch in one and arrows in the other. In its beak there is a ribbon with the words “E PLURIBUS UNUM” which translates from Latin to “One Nation made up of many states”, the motto of the United States at the time. On its chest is a shield with thirteen stripes to represent the original thirteen states. The rising sun shape above the eagle represents the birth of the United States. There are thirteen yellow stars again referring the thirteen original states. There is a red scroll with gold trim below the eagle displaying the state’s name, North Dakota.

Flag of North Dakota

Hawaii State Flag

History states the Hawaiian Islands were discovered by Captain James Cook in 1778. He called them the “Sandwich Islands”. After being discovered by Cook, other American and European explorers and traders began making stops and settling in Hawaii.
This may be true but I believe the Spanish “discovered” it over 2 centuries earlier. There are Spanish maps of the time in which islands are shown at the same latitude, but a little further east. A sea chart dated 1551 and signed by Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian and French cartographers shows an archipelago (island chain) located at points close to the location of the Hawaiian Islands as we now know them. 

By 1816, Kamehameha the Great had united the islands under one ruler and commissioned the Hawaiian Flag.
There are conflicting reports on who actually designed it but its symbolism is clear. The design of Hawaii’s flag was a compromise between the flags of England and America. The Union Jack was used to show the king’s friendship with England. The stripes were said to represent the red, white and blue of the American flag. There are eight horizontal stripes that represent the eight main islands of Hawaii. It was a good way of showing a combination of Hawaii’s growing bond and loyalty with England and the United States.

The Flag of Guam

The Flag of Guam was designed by an American Naval Officer’s wife, Mrs. Helen L. Paul. It is dark blue in color, which represents the ocean with a red border. In the center is the Coat of Arms that is almond shaped which mimics the slingshot stones that were used by ancestors. In the background of this shape is the Punto Dos Amantes Cliff, and in the foreground is a proa sailing and the word Guam written in red. This flag was adopted on February 9, 1948.

Flag of Guam