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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
his flag, a combination of the State and National arms, recommended by John Robertson, Adjutant General, approved by Governor Henry H. Crapo, by whose order it was made in Philadelphia in June of that year, was first unfurled on the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of the monument of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, on the Fourth of July, 1865. It is now the recognized standard of Michigan, and is carried by the State regiments, side by side with the Stars and Stripes.
The flag is made up on one side of the State arms, on a blue field, with the appropriate and truthful inscription: "Si quceris peninsulam atnanam circum-spice, "—"If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you, "—a proud proclamation and implied challenge, and with the significent motto on the shield, "Tuebor, "—"I will defend, "—a gallant declaration, happily con-
ceived as an honest pledge, to guard and defend our border State, faithfully kept. On the reverse side, the arms of the United States, with the motto, E Pluribus Unum. "
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