Flag History
The picture on Maine's blue flag is the state coat of arms, which is used on the state seal. Representing Maine's agricultural and maritime industries are a farmer on one side of the shield and a seaman on the other. The lower portion of the shield is of water, and the upper section sky. A huge pine tree stands for Maine's forests that cover 90 percent of its land. Below the tree lies a moose, now the state animal, indigenous to the state and symbolic of Maine's a reverence for wildlife. A North Star lows above the shield, as Main was the northernmost state at the time of its adoption into the Union.
Flag Adopted: 1909
State Nickname: The Pine Tree State
State Motto: Dirigo, Latin for "I direct"
Area: 33,265 square miles
Approximate Population: 1.1 million
Capital: Augusta
Largest City: Portland
Major Products: potatoes, dairy products, poultry, timber, fish, paper
State Bird: Chickadee
State Tree: White Pine
State Flower: White Pine cone & tassel
State Animal: Moose
