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Interesting Facts -  Many U.S. state flags have some strange quirks. The Virginia flag, for example, contains some tasteful nudity (thanks to its depiction of the famously bare-chested Amazons), and Maryland’s flag — a concoction of red crosses and black-and-yellow block patterns — looks more at home on a medieval battlefield than in 21st-century Annapolis. But Oregon has one of the most unusual state flags of them all. True, at first glance it looks relatively unremarkable: Emblazoned with the phrase “State of Oregon” on top and “1859” on the bottom, the blue-and-gold flag displays 33 stars, representing its admittance as the 33rd state of the Union in (you guessed it) 1859. These five-pointed stars encircle Oregon’s state seal, which features an ox and wagon traveling the Oregon Trail, while other natural elements including trees, mountains, and the Pacific can be seen in the distance. An eagle is perched atop the vignette for good, patriotic measure.  But what makes the flag stand out among all the other 49 state flags is that it has a separate image on the reverse side — a giant golden beaver, one of the state’s symbols and an important animal in Oregon’s history thanks to its role in the fur trade. Many flags used to have different images on the obverse (front) and reverse sides, but the cost and complexity of manufacturing two-sided flags led to an array of single-sided redesigns. Oregon became the last state with a two-sided flag after Massachusetts changed its banner in 1971. However, it shares some camaraderie with the South American country of Paraguay, the only nation in the world with a two-sided national flag. Based on the French tricolore but arranged horizontally, the obverse side of the flag features the country’s national coat of arms, while the reverse displays the seal of the treasury.

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