Iowa - Mesh Snapback u.s.a. the Red Ensign was selected

the Red Ensign was selected but the provincial shield was employed instead of the national one

The bear on early bear flags more closely resembles the more common American black bear than the grizzly seen on today’s flag

The gold arrow

The ship is Samuel de Champlain's ship

As a NATO member

Iowa - Mesh Snapback u.s.a. the Red Ensign was selectedThe Iowa state flag is a vertical tricolor of blue, white, and red, similar to the flag of France and reflecting Iowa's history as part of the French Louisiana Territory. (Because of the wider middle stripe and symmetric design, the design is sometimes classified as a "Canadian pale" with similar dimensions to the Canadian flag.) The image of a bald eagle with a long ribbon reading "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain", derived from