1. maine location
Maine is the 39th biggest state in the USA.
Maine became a state on march 15 ,1820.
1,328,302 people live in maine.as of 2013
maine is the 41st most populous state in the
USA.the name for maine residents is
Mainers.the number of counties for maine is
16.maine was the 23th state in the USA.
3. state flag
Interestingly on february 23th,1909 the state
Legislature adopted a new standard describing
the state flag as a display of the maine coat of
arm blue field.this flag is use today more or
less.The maine state flag is blue, the same blue
color displayed by the flag of the united
state.the size of the flag is designated as four
feet, four inches by five feet, six inches.in the
center of the flag, embroidered in silk, is the
4. maine state coat of arms. the flag is edged with a
knotted fringe of yellow silk two and one half
inches wide.The maine state coat of arms
displays upon a shield, a pine tree, a moose, land
and sea.flanking the shield, a seaman rests on an
anchor and farmer rest on a scythe.above the
shield the maine state motto,”dirigo”[ I lead] ,
displayed in small upper case letter on banner
beneath the north star.Below the shield, on a blue
banner, is name of the state,”MAINE.”
5. maine flag Law
the flag to be know as the official flag of the
state shall be of bule,of the same color as
blue field in the flag of the united states,
and of the following dimensions and
designs; to wit the length or height of staff to
be 9 feet including brass spearhead and
ferrule; the fly of said to be 5 feet 6 inches
and to be 4 feet 4 inches on staff in the
6. center of the flag there shall be embroidered in
silk on both sides of the flag the coat arms of
the state, in proportionate size; the edges to be
trimmed with knotted fringe of yellow.
