The design on the blue flag of North Dakota, which includes the
   American eagle, the national motto, the thirteen white stars and the
   shield striped red and white, is based on that of the Regimental
   colors of the first North Dakota Infantry in the Spanish-American War
   and the 
  
   The flag of North Dakota was endorsed on March 3, 1911. The flag can
   be pictorially described as, it has a blue background with an eagle
   spreading its wings in the center of the flag. It had a banner in its
   beak.