Flag of Nevada

Nevada
UseCivil and state flag
Proportion2:3
AdoptedMarch 26, 1929 (1929-03-26) (original)
July 25, 1991 (1991-07-25) (revised)
DesignA solid cobalt blue field. The canton constitutes two sagebrush branches encircling a silver star with the text "Nevada" and "Battle Born".

The flag of the U.S. state of Nevada was adopted in 1929, when governor Fred B. Balzar signed into law a bill adopting the new flag. Its design consists of a solid cobalt blue field with, in the upper hoist quarter, two crossed sprays of sagebrush (the state flower) forming a half-wreath. Centered within the wreath is an upward-pointing silver star (a reference to the state's nickname, the Silver State), with the state's name arched below it in evenly spaced golden-yellow letters. Above the wreath is a golden-yellow scroll touching its tips, bearing the words "Battle Born", one of the state's mottos (in reference to Nevada becoming a state during the American Civil War).

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