Georgia state flag after 1956. On may 8 2003 governor sonny perdue signed hb. 13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools. Perdue had promised to include the 1956.
The flag featured a confederate battle flag in its field. The act became effective immediately giving georgia its third state flag in a period of 27 months. Board ruling many southern states urged their white citizens to display acts of massive resistance against the federal mandates outlawing segregation.
17 1879 1878 1879 georgia laws 114 adopting state flag consisting of blue vertical stripe in hoist and the confederate stars and bars three red white red horizontal stripes repealed and re enacted by act approved aug. The 1956 state flag after the brown vs. Interestingly despite the addition of the shield date and red ribbon the flag clearly demonstrates that georgias coat of arms was not synonymous with the state seal.
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. The group stated that the flag violates all the principles of good flag design after the 1956 state flag was replaced in 2001 the georgia city of trenton adopted a modified version as its official city flag to protest its discontinuation. Sonny perdue the first republican governor in georgia since reconstruction campaigned on a pledge for a public referendum on redesigning the state flag.
C1920 1956 current georgia state flag 1956 present georgias state flag. Several copies of this flag survive today attesting to its use. There was widespread opposition to the new flag deemed the barnes flag.
The georgia general assembly changed the design in 1956 to a flag designed by john sammons bell a world war ii veteran. One of the ways the georgia general assembly showed their disdain for these federal regulations was by changing the state 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.
85 1905 georgia laws 133 162 reorganizing state military forces and adding state seal. The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag. Current georgia state flag.
380 creating a new state flag for georgia. Support for the new flag came from critics of the 2001 flag and those who felt there should be a public referendum on the.