Georgia flag history. The 2001 design had a solid blue field that displayed the states seal in the center above a line of historical flags. For example in a little more than two years time between january 2001 and may 2003 georgia changed its state flag three times. 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 current logo has the st. The georgia general assembly changed the design in 1956 to a flag designed by john sammons bell a world war ii veteran. The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003.
There is no history of legislative intent in adopted the flag but legend says that it was adopted to commemorate confederate veterans of the civil war. The georgia state flag was changed feb. The state of georgia tops the entire nation of the united states for the number of previous state flags.
It was highly unpopular and the modern flag replaced it in 2003. Although the bonnie blue flag is the best known example a better documented flag consisted of a single red star on a white field. The current flag was used by the georgian patriotic movement following the countrys independence from the soviet union in 1991.
The old georgia state flag was replaced with a new flag in 2001. Roy barnes right and cecil alexander left the designer of the new georgia state flag pose with the banner in the governors office at the capitol wednesday jan. A short history of the georgia state flag.
The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag. 13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools. It has been modified to this model on january 14 2005.
Understandably the history of georgias state flag is extensive. The national flag of georgia is popularly known as the flag of the five crosses. The flag featured a confederate battle flag in its field.
George cross also present on the flag of england and four small crosses.