A Brief History:
Premise: In order to celebrate a more, perfect Union and the heritage behind building up the United States, we celebrate each and every state in the Union!

License Plate USA courtesy of Openverse

When: From December 7, 1787 — To August 21, 1959.

Where:  Each of the 50 individual states.

Evolution of Each Flag: Each and every state has their own state flag. The flag represents the people–then, now and into the future, that represent each state, the citizen!.

Traditions: Each state has a unique history and individual story behind the representation of its state. The capital city in each state was also chosen carefully by decisions reached in retrospect to the coordinating state’s individual method of choice. We are so blessed to live in a free country that gives the freedom of each state to make it’s own unique decisions. The flag and capital cities are just a prime example of this freedom.

American states flag map white water courtesy of Openverse

A Few Facts:

I am sharing a few facts, and more, some trivia, some not trivial. . .

• The United States flog is always on top of the mast assortment!
  
• State flag is next or second.
  
• County, city or other municipality flags are always under the state flag.
• Capital cities are chosen in accordance with each state’s constitutional guidelines.
• Capital cities are home to each state capitol building.
• Each state has an official motto.
• Each state has an official state song, that can and is changed sometimes to suit a more modern time. But some states choose to keep it to the original picks for longer periods of time..
• More. . .
  

Officially Adopted U.S. States in Order with State Songs, Admission Date & Their Flags: 

U.S. States in Order of Admission & Info: 1787 – 1959
State Name Info ♪ State Songs ♫	Admission	Capital	Flag Image
1st State. Colony of Delaware “Delaware” by Perry Como (Modern) “Our Delaware” Will M. S. Brown (Original)	12/7/1787 (ratified)	Dover
2nd State. Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania (commonwealth) “Allentown” by Billy Joel (Modern) “Pennsylvania” Eddie Khoury & Ronnie Bonner (Original)	12/12/1787 (ratified)	Harrisburg
3rd State. Crown Colony of New Jersey “Jersey Girl” by Bruce Springsteen (Modern), None (Original)	12/18/1787 (ratified)	Trenton
4th State. Crown Colony of Georgia “Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels Band (Modern) “Georgia on My Mind” Hoagy Carmichael (Original)	1/2/1788 (ratified)	Atlanta
5th State. Crown Colony of Connecticut “Connecticut” by Judy Garland (Modern) “Yankee Doodle” (State Anthem of Connecticut) (Original)	1/9/1788 (ratified)	Hartford
6th State. Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay (commonwealth) “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” by Dropkick Murphys (Modern) “All Hail to Massachusetts” Arthur J. Marsh (Original)	2/6/1788 (ratified)	Boston
7th State. Proprietary Province of Maryland “Good Morning Baltimore” by the Original Cast of Hairspray (Modern) “Maryland, My Maryland” written by James Ryder Randall (Original)	4/28/1788 (ratified)	Annapolis
8th State. Crown Colony of South Carolina “South Carolina Low Country” by Josh Turner (Modern) “Carolina! Carolina!” Anne Curtis Burgess (Original)	5/23/1788 (ratified)	Columbia
9th State. Crown Colony of New Hampshire “New Hampshire” by Sonic Youth (Modern) “Old New Hampshire” Maurice Hoffman (Original)	6/21/1788 (ratified)	Concord
10th State. Crown Colony and Dominion of Virginia (commonwealth) “Sweet Virginia” by the Rolling Stones (Modern) “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” written by James A. Bland, performed by Ray Charles (retired as official song in 1998) (Original)	6/25/1788 (ratified)	Richmond
11th State. Crown Colony of New York “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z (featuring Alicia Keys) (Modern) “I Love New York” Steve Karmen (Original)	7/26/1788 (ratified)	Albany
12th State. Crown Colony of North Carolina “Carolina in My Mind” by James Taylor (Modern) “The Old North State” E.E. Randolph (Original)	11/21/1789 (ratified)	Raleigh
13th State. Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations “Rhode Island Is Famous for You” by Blossom Dearie (Modern) “Rhode Island, It’s for Me” written by Charlie Hall & Maria Day (Original)	5/29/1790 (ratified)	Providence
14th State. Vermont Republic “Moonlight in Vermont” by Frank Sinatra (Modern) “These Green Mountains” by Diane Martin (composer) Rita Buglass Gluck (arranger) (Original)	3/4/1791	Montpelier
15th State. Nine counties of Virginia’s District of Kentucky (commonwealth) “Kentucky Woman” by Neil Diamond (Modern) “My Old Kentucky Home” Stephen Foster (Original)	6/1/1792	Frankfort
16th State. Southwest Territory of Tennessee “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton (Modern) “My Homeland, Tennessee” written by Roy Lamont Smith (Original)	6/1/1796	Nashville
17th State. Northwest Territory of Ohio (partial) “Bloodbuzz Ohio” by The National (Modern) “Beautiful Ohio” written by Mary Earl & Ballard MacDonald (Original)	3/1/1803	Columbus
18th State. Territory of Orleans with the Sabine Free State to become Louisiana “Down Louisiana Way” by George Strait (Modern) “Give Me Louisiana” Doralice Fontane (Original)	4/30/1812	Baton Rouge
19th State. Indiana Territory “Indiana” by Jon McLaughlin (Modern) “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away” Paul Dresser (Original)	12/11/1816	Indianapolis
20th State. Mississippi Territory “Mississippi Girl” by Faith Hill (Modern) “Go Mississippi” Houston Davis (Original)	12/10/1817	Jackson
21st State. Illinois Territory (partial) “Casimir Pulaski Day” by Sufjan Stevens (Modern) “Illinois” Archibald Johnston (Original)	12/3/1818	Springfield
22nd State. Alabama Territory “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Modern) “Alabama State Song” by Edna Gockel Gussen (Original)	12/14/1819	Montgomery
23rd State. Massachusetts District of Maine “Portland, Maine” by Tim McGraw (Modern) “State of Maine” Roger Vinton Snow (Original)	3/15/1820	Augusta
24th State. Missouri Territory (partial) “Missouri Waltz” by Glenn Miller (Modern) “Missouri Waltz” melody: John V. Eppel, arranged: Frederic K. Logan (Original)	8/10/1821	Jefferson City
25th State. Arkansas Territory “Mary Queen of Arkansas” by Bruce Springsteen (Modern) “Arkansas” Eva Ware Barnett (Original)	6/15/1836	Little Rock
26th State. Michigan Territory “Lose Yourself” by Eminem (Modern) “My Michigan” H. O’Reilly Clint (Original)	1/26/1837	Lansing
27th State. Florida Territory “Floridays” by Jimmy Buffett (Modern) “Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” Stephen Foster (Original)	3/3/1845	Tallahassee
28th State. Republic of Texas “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” by George Strait (Modern) “Texas, Our Texas” William J. Marsh (Original)	12/29/1845	Austin
29th State. Iowa Territory (partial) “Iowa Stubborn” from The Music Man (Modern) The Song of Iowa” Melchior Franck (Original)	12/28/1846	Des Moines
30th State. Wisconsin Territory (partial) “Wisconsin” by Bon Iver (Modern) “On, Wisconsin!” by William T. Purdy (Original)	5/29/1848	Madison
31st State. California (Unorganized territory of the Mexican Cession) (partial) “California Gurls” by Katy Perry (Modern) “I Love You, California” Abraham F. Frankenstein (Original)	9/9/1850	Sacramento
32nd State. Minnesota Territory (partial) “Say Shh” by Atmosphere (Modern) “Hail! Minnesota” Truman Rickard (Original)	5/11/1858	Saint Paul
33rd State. Oregon Territory (partial) “Lumberjack” by Johnny Cash (Modern) “Oregon, My Oregon” Henry Bernard Murtagh (Original)	2/14/1859	Salem
34th State. Kansas Territory (partial) “Hood Go Crazy” by Tech N9ne (Modern) “Home on the Range” Daniel E. Kelley (Original)	1/29/1861	Topeka
35th State. West Virginia (50 Trans-Allegheny region counties) “Green Rolling Hills” by Emmylou Harris (Modern) “The West Virginia Hills” written by Ellen Ruddell King, music & chorus by Henry Everett Engle (Original)	6/20/1863	Charleston
36th State. Nevada Territory “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis Presley (Modern) “Home Means Nevada” written by Bertha Rafetto (Original)	10/31/1864	Carson City
37th State. Nebraska Territory “You and I” by Lady Gaga (Modern) “Beautiful Nebraska” Jim Fras (Original)	3/1/1867	Lincoln
38th State. Colorado Territory “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver (Modern) “Where the Columbines Grow” A.J. Fynn (Original)	8/1/1876	Denver
39th State. Dakota Territory (North Dakota) “I Got a Gal I Love in North and South Dakota” by Frank Sinatra (Modern) “North Dakota Hymn” C. S. Putman (Original)	11/2/1889	Bismarck
40th State. Dakota Territory (South Dakota) “South Dakota Morning” by the Bee Gees (Modern) “Hail, South Dakota!” DeeCort Hammitt (Original)	11/2/1889	Pierre
41st State. Montana Territory “Montana Song” by Hank Williams Jr. (Modern) “Montana” Joseph E. Howard (Original)	11/8/1889	Helena
42nd State. Washington Territory “Posse on Broadway” by Sir Mix-a-Lot (Modern) “Washington, My Home” by Stuart Churchill (arranger) & Helen Davis (Original)	11/11/1889	Olympia
43rd State. Idaho Territory “Private Idaho” by the B-52’s (Modern) “Here We Have Idaho” Sallie Hume Douglas (Original)	7/3/1890	Boise
44th State. Wyoming Territory “Song of Wyoming” by John Denver (Modern) “Wyoming” by George Edwin Knapp (Original)	7/10/1890	Cheyenne
45th State. Utah Territory “The Beehive State” by Randy Newman (Modern) “Utah…This Is the Place” written by Sam and Gary Francis (Original)	1/4/1896	Salt Lake City
46th State. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory “Oklahoma Sky” by Miranda Lambert (Modern), “Oklahoma” Richard Rodgers (Original)	11/16/1907	Oklahoma City
47th State. New Mexico Territory “South of Santa Fe” by Brooks & Dunn (Modern) “O Fair New Mexico” written by Elizabeth Garrett (Original)	1/6/1912	Santa Fe
48th State. Arizona Territory “Take It Easy” by the Eagles (Modern) “Arizona March Song” Maurice Blumenthal (Original)	2/14/1912	Phoenix
49th State. Territory of Alaska “Road to Alaska” by the Bee Gees (Modern) “Alaska’s Flag” Elinor Dusenbury (Original)	1/3/1959	Juneau
50th State. Territory of Hawaii “Happy Hawaii” by ABBA (Modern) “Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī” Henri Berger (Original)	8/21/1959	Honolulu