Editing Flag of Oregon (section)

==History==
[[File:Oregon_State_Exposition_flag_1915.jpg|left|thumb|Oregon's 1915 Exposition flag]]
[[File:Presentation of Oregon State flag, 7-7-25 LCCN2016850792.jpg|left|thumb|Presentation of the state flag ]]
[[File:Oregon_state_flag_1917.jpg|thumb|State flag from 1917]]
The first flag used to represent the state was flown during the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] in 1915. The front of the banner had a white background with the state seal in the center. The word "OREGON" was placed above the seal and the words "Exposition 1915" were placed below the seal. The backside contained the American flag.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco Call 15 March 1912 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19120315.2.2&srpos=3340&e=-------en--20--3321--txt-txIN-State+flag+banner+------- |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}</ref>

The current flag of Oregon became official on February 26, 1925.<ref name="mw">{{cite dictionary|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?oregon|title=Geography|dictionary=Merriam-Webster|access-date=2008-05-05}}</ref> What is believed to be the first flag of Oregon produced was made that year by [[Meier & Frank]], sewn by Marjorie Kennedy and Blanche Cox, employees of the department store.<ref name="first flag">{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/09/oregons_first_flag_will_be_moved_to_a_public_display_at_eastern_oregon_university.html|title=Oregon's first flag will be moved to a public display at Eastern Oregon University|agency=The Associated Press|date=September 6, 2010|work=The Oregonian|access-date=8 September 2010}}</ref> That flag was donated to [[Eastern Oregon University]] in 1954 by the grandson of former governor [[Walter M. Pierce]].<ref name="first flag" /> In 2010, the flag was restored.<ref name="first flag" />

Early copies of the Oregon state flag sometimes used a multi-colored state seal rather than an all-gold state seal.