I reached out to our state assemblyman, Joel Kitchens, and our state representative, Andre Jacque. They connected us with others in the state government who graciously sent me images of each of the flag symbols. They also realized that no one had ever digitized the original symbols. All of the photo images in their system were simply scanned from flags. That's why the sailor and miner have only half arms, because on the flag each has a hand behind the shield.

There was much to learn about the state's history. I found so much of it fascinating, and tried to include the information in banners and posters around the grounds and maze. I don't know how many people actually read them, but I shared as much as possible with our field trip groups.

The 2023 Corn Maze

The maze was almost a little harder for me to navigate, since most of the county lines were straight. The overlay of some symbols in the state kept me from getting turned around. I fit almost all of the flag symbols in the maze. The only one that didn't work out was the pyramid of iron ingots. Keeping corn between the lines would have made the symbol quite large.

We are grateful for everyone who came to visit us in 2023! Some were return customers from 2022, and others sent their friends and family! The fall was quite wet, and many folks needed to hose off their shoes and stroller tires after the maze and pumpkin patch. We are also appreciative of our2023 sponsors, and the different media outlets who shared our state story with their audiences as news articles.