The Indiana Flag

<p class=ql-align-justify>Hoosier schoolchildren learn that Paul Hadley of Mooresville designed the state flag in 1917 and won a $100 prize from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) for his efforts. But is that what really happened?</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>The Indiana Flag: Who Really Designed It?</em> chronicles the DAR's four-year campaign to persuade lawmakers to adopt a unique state flag. It details how two other flags - one designed by a Civil War veteran from Richmond Indiana in 1914 and one created by a New York-based pageant director in 1916 both played a pivotal role in Hadley's ultimate design.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>The book also reveals the previously untold story of an 1885 state flag created for the dedication of the Washington Monument and of a law enacted in 1901 to make Old Glory the official state flag of Indiana. </p><p><br></p>