Michigan

Although the wheels are in motion to change the flag as of November 2016, the current (and third) iteration of the flag has existed since 1911. The elk and moose echo the coat of arms of the Hudson’s Bay Company and bald eagle represents the United States. The Latin inscriptions are as follows; “TUEBOR” mean “I will defend”, “Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice,” means “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you” (The official state motto), and “E Pluribus Unum,” means “Out of many, one,” a motto of the United States.

The man in the shield has a raised hand representing peace and holding a long gun representing the fight for state and nation as a frontier state.