If you haven't paid careful attention to flagpoles in the state, Ohio's banner is not your typical rectangle. Here's why.

In 1901, an architect named John Eisenmann was designing the Ohio Building for the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo that year. He thought there should be a flag flying on top, but Ohio had no ...

The burgee itself is typically a nautical design. Of note: the flag was first unfurled in Buffalo, New York, at the Pan-American Exposition, according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office.