Georgia state flag 1996. The current state flag was at the time the third flag to rise over. During the 1996 summer olympic games in atlanta the state flag was rarely visible and governor zell miller led an unsuccessful campaign to replace it with an entirely different design. The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003.
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. Georgia shrank the battle flag emblem from its dominant position on its state flag in 2001 in a move led by the georgia house black caucus and supported by democratic then governor roy barnes. 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.
Although the bonnie blue flag is the best known example a better documented flag consisted of a single red star on a white field. Sonny perdue signed it into law in 2003. State flag of georgia us from july 1 1956 to january 31 2001.