Georgia state flag through history. 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 flag of the united states is used in mississippi for official purposes and other symbols used to represent the state include a. 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.
State flags as contemporarily understood date from the turn of the 20th century when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 worlds columbian exposition in chicago illinoismost us. The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag. The state of georgia tops the entire nation of the united states for the number of previous state flags.
In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the states constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government. It became a state after the revolutionary war in 1776 and seceded from the union in 1861. State flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 worlds columbian exposition in chicago illinois.
Georgia became the 4 th of the original 13 colonies to become a state in the union on january 2 1788. The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003. 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 most recent current state flag is that of utah february 16 2011 while the most recent current territorial flag is that of the northern mariana islands july 1 1985. For example in a little more than two years time between january 2001 and may 2003 georgia changed its state flag three times. Mississippi has had two official state flags in its history and a commission has been established to design a third.
State of mississippi currently does not have an official state flag following the retirement of the most recent version on june 30 2020. State flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and world war i. A short history of the georgia state flag in 1733 georgia was founded by the british in 1733 and named after king george ii.
According to a 2001 survey by the north american vexillological association new mexico has the best. Adoption of state flag desecration statutes by the late 1800s an organized flag protection movement was born in reaction to perceived commercial and political misuse of the flag. It has three stripes red white and red and a blue canton featuring a ring of 13 stars surrounding the state coat of arms.
13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools.