Mr．Eisenmann explained its symbolism most aptly（适宜地）：“The triangles formed by the main lines of the flag represent the hills and valleys as typified（代表）in the State Seal，and the stripes the roads and waterways（水路，排水沟）．The stars，indicating the 13original states of the Union，are grouped about the circle which represents the Northwest Territory；and that Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted into the Union is shown by adding four more stars．The white circle with its red center，not only represents the initial letter（词首字母）of Ohio，but is suggestive of（暗示，使联想）its being the ‘Buckeye State’．”
When the flag of Ohio，or any state，is flown on the same halyard（（旗帆等的）升降索）with the flag of the United States of America，the latter should always be at the peak．When flown from adjacent（邻近的，接近的）staffs，the Stars and Stripes should be hoisted（升起）first and lowered last．
When a number of state flags are grouped and displayed（陈列，展览）from staffs with our national flag，the latter should be at the center or at the highest point of the group．
When carried in a procession（行列，队伍）with the Ohio flag，or any state flag，the flag of the United States should be on the marching right．When there is a line of several state flags，the national flag should be in the front and center of that line．
State Song州歌
Beautiful Ohio
I sailed away；
Wandered afar；
Crossed the mighty restless（得不到休息的，不平静的）sea；
Looked for where I ought to be．
Cities so grand，mountains above，
Led to this land I love．
CHORUS
Beautiful Ohio，where the golden grain
Dwarf（（使）变矮小）the lovely flowers in the summer rain．
Cities rising high，silhouette（侧面影象，轮廓）the sky．
Freedom is supreme in this majestic（宏伟的，庄严的）land；
Mighty factories seem to hum in tune，so grand．
Beautiful Ohio，thy wonders are in view，
Land where my dreams all come true！
Drifting with the current down a moonlit（月光照耀的）stream
While above the Heavens in their glory
（荣誉，光荣）gleam（微弱的闪光，一丝光线）
And the stars on high
Twinkle（闪烁，发光）in the sky
Seeming in a paradise（天堂）of love divine
Dreaming of a pair of eyes that looked in mine
Beautiful Ohio，in dreams again I see
Visions of what used to be．
Facts and Trivia相关资料
1．The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati（辛辛那提［美国俄亥俄州西南部城市］）in 1865．
2．Cleveland boasts America’s first traffic light．It began on Aug．5，1914．
3．Ermal Fraze invented the pop－top can in Kettering．
4．James J．Ritty，of Dayton，invented the cash register in 1879to stop his patrons（（对某人，某种目标，艺术等）赞助人，资助人）from pilfering（盗，偷，窃）house profits．
5．“Hang On Sloopy”is the official state rock song．
6．Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team．
7．The Y Bridge in Zanesville was first built in 1814to span the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers．The current bridge is the fifth construction at the same location．“Ripley’s Believe It or Not”proclaimed it the only bridge in the world which you can cross and still be on the same side of the river．
8．Akron（阿克伦城（美国Ohio州北部））was the first city to use police cars．
9．Cincinnati had the first professional city fire department．
10．Akron is the rubber capital of the world．
11．The American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus（哥伦布（美国俄亥俄州首府））．
12．Ohio senator John Glenn became the oldest man to venture into outer space．
On February 20，1962he was the first American to orbit（绕……轨道而行）the earth．In October of 1998at age 77he returned to the space program and traveled back into space．
13．Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame．
14．Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants．
15．The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton．
16．Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon．He was from Wapakoneta．
17．The Wright Brothers are acknowledged as inventors of the first airplane they were from Dayton（代顿［美国俄亥俄州西南部城市］）．
