The Alaska state flag was designed by a 13-year-old boy named Benny Benson almost 100 years ago. What appears on the flag?

On the state flag of Alaska, the Big Dipper and North Star appear on a dark blue field background in gold or yellow. Since territories typically didn't have their own flags, Alaska held a competition sponsored by the American Legion in 1926. The flag remained the same when Alaska became a state in 1959.

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