8 stars of gold on a field of blue. Alaska’s flag, May it mean to you.’The blue of the sea, the evening sky.....We paid tribute to the American flag and the Alaskan flag every school morning, many years ago then a prayer for good citizenship.
The North Star is larger than the other 7. The flag of Alaska consists of eight gold stars, forming the Big Dipper and Polaris, on a dark blue field. The Big Dipper is an asterism in the constellation Ursa Major which symbolizes a bear, an animal indigenous to Alaska.
Sarah Palin taught us that.