Georgia state flag change. It was not a flag that all georgians could rally around. Georgia became the 4 th of the original 13 colonies to become a state in the union on january 2 1788. Democratic party leader john sammons bell began the campaign a year earlier after two controversial supreme court decisions that ordered the desegregation of public.
The georgia state flag was changed feb. 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. The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag.
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. The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003. In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the states constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government.
The current official state flag was adopted in 2003. It has three stripes red white and red and a blue canton featuring a ring of 13 stars surrounding the state coat of arms. Current georgia state flag 1956 present georgias 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. 13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools. That flag which would be the shortest lived of georgia flags was blue with the state seal in the center above a banner carrying american and georgia flags including the 56 flag with its.
On this date in 1956 governor marvin griffin signed legislation to change the georgia flag to one that included the confederate battle emblem on two thirds of the banner.