Georgia state flag. Thirteen stars surrounding the seal denotes georgias position as one of the original thirteen colonies. The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag. The state seal and consequently the flag of georgia later underwent a number of variations.
The georgia state flag was changed feb. It retained the seal and blue stripe at the hoist but the confederate battle flag was substituted for the three horizontal stripes. On july 1 1956 a distinctive new flag was adopted.
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. 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.
Although the bonnie blue flag is the best known example a better documented flag consisted of a single red star on a white field. On the seal three pillars supporting an arch represent the three branches of government.