Georgia flag change 2020. 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. Georgias new state flag is based on the first national flag of the confederacy the stars and bars and consists of a field of three horizontal bars of equal height two red separated by a white bar in the center. However results of the referendum are not binding and any future flag change will require an act of the general assembly.
In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the states constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government. The current flag was used by the georgian patriotic movement following the countrys independence from the soviet union in 1991. The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag.
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The georgia coat of arms and the phrase in god we trust is encircled by 13 white five pointed stars representing georgia and the 12 other original states that formed the united states of america. Atlanta ga while its not a holiday that prompts parades even when theyre not discouraged because of the coronavirus or time off from work georgia residents will take time on friday june 14 to display the stars and stripes on flag day 2020. Although the bonnie blue flag is the best known example a better documented flag consisted of a single red star on a white field.
Lowering flags to half staff until noon on monday may 25 2020 in observance of memorial day 05122001 8436 kb regarding the department of driver services and on the road driving exams. The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003. Flying the american flag on memorial day 2020 honors military personnel.
13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools. 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. 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.