Flags of South Dakota

Mount Rushmore is famous all over the world because of the sculpted faces of four of former American presidents on the mountain. This is one of the world’s largest man-made sculptures, and therefore it is no wonder that the state of Mount Rushmore should be proud enough of this monument and make a mention of it on its flag, the flag of South Dakota does just this, the background color is blue in color and the emblem of the state is inside a yellow sun. Around the sun there is a circle which mentions ‘South Dakota Mount Rushmore State’ in yellow colors.

The sun surrounding the emblem too has yellow colored spikes however, inside is depicted important industries and professions of South Dakota, these being farming and agriculture, which is depicted by the presence of a farmer, the second is mining and is represented by a smelter, sea business is shows by a steamship and timber is represented by presence of trees. State seal also contains the motto of the state, ‘Under God People Rule, and can be seen above the picture. There has been certain modifications brought out to this flag, the last one was done in the year 1992, however, the flag was officially accepted in March 1963.