The state has issued a corrected birth certificate for Benny Benson, the teenager who won a design contest for the flag in 1927, meaning he was 14 and not 13 when came up with the design of the ...

Most were Alaska Native kids displaced from tuberculosis- and flu-ravaged villages. Famously, a 13-year-old Alutiiq boy named Benny Benson won a statewide contest to design Alaska’s flag while ...

Brooch/Pin and earrings with design representing the Alaska state flag Media/Materials Caribou hoof/hooves, gold jewelry findings, gold Techniques Carved, incised, inlaid, polished Dimensions 4.7 x 3 ...