Current state flag of georgia. Georgias current flag has three bars of equal width two outer red bars and a white bar in the center. The act became effective immediately giving georgia its third state flag in a period of 27 months. Georgias coat of arms is centered on the canton with the words in god.
The flag bears three stripes consisting of red white red featuring a blue canton containing a ring of 13 white stars encompassing the states coat of arms in gold. By the late 1990s the design had become widely known as the georgian historical national flag as vexillologists had pointed out the red on white jerusalem cross shown as the flag of tbilisi in a 14th century map by domenico and francesco pizzigano. Georgia adopted a new state flag in 2003.
On may 8 2003 governor sonny perdue signed hb. Territoriesthe mississippi state legislature voted on june 28 2020 to replace their flag with one that does not include the confederate battle flag emblem and will officially remain without a flag until a design is approved via ballot measure. The current flag was used by the georgian patriotic movement following the countrys independence from the soviet union in 1991.
The current official state flag was adopted in 2003. Underneath the small flags was the motto in god we trust. It has three stripes red white and red and a blue canton featuring a ring of 13 stars surrounding the state coat of arms.
Georgia became the 4 th of the original 13 colonies to become a state in the union on january 2 1788. In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the states constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government. Map showing the current flags of 49 us.
Georgia d r d e is a state in the southeastern region of the united statesgeorgia is the 24th largest in area and 8th most populous of the 50 united statesgeorgia is bordered to the north by tennessee and north carolina to the northeast by south carolina to the southeast by the atlantic ocean to the south by florida and to the west by alabama. The current state flag was at the time the third flag to rise over the state house since 2001 when the georgia flag bearing the confederate battle emblem was changed and a legislative showdown. The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag.
Current georgia state flag. The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003. It incorporated the state sealthe design of which included the words constitution wisdom justice and moderationand a scroll that bore the phrase georgias history above two historical flags of the united states and three of georgia including the 19562001 flag.
After the states secession from the union on january 19 1861 there were several newspaper reports of secession flags consisting of a single star on a solid background. 380 creating a new state flag for georgia. There is a square blue canton the width of two bars in the upper left corner.