There are terrible storms in Oklahoma today, so I decided it would be a good time to fly the flag of my home state in front of the house.  One of my sweet neighbors saw it and emailed me to say if it means I have family there she hopes they are safe.

I know what every image on it symbolizes.  I hope they still teach that in school as they did when I took state history in seventh grade.  The large Osage battle shield in the center is made of buffalo skin. Be brave. The sky-blue field is the color of the flag the Choctaw soldiers carried in the Civil War long before Indian Territory became a state in 1907.  Be strong. The calumet and olive branch, peace, of course.  Be safe.