Old georgia colony flag. It was established in 1484 and as part of the royal household. The georgia colony was one of the southern colonies which also included the maryland colony the virginia colony the north carolina colony and the south carolina colony. The current official state flag was adopted in 2003.
The province of georgia also georgia colony was one of the southern colonies in british americait was the last of the thirteen original american colonies established by great britain in what later became the united states. Georgias early economy was based on the slave plantation system. Flag date use description 1949present.
This was the flag used at the handover to china in 1999. The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag. 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.
National and merchant flag bundes und handelsflagge. State flag and ensign bundesdienstflagge and military flag kriegsflaggethis flag may only be used by federal government authorities. 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.
In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the states constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government. It has three stripes red white and red and a blue canton featuring a ring of 13 stars surrounding the state coat of arms. Flag of the municipality of macau one of two local municipal governments.
The national flag with the bundesschild a. The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003. The college of arms is the authority on the flying of flags in england wales and northern ireland and maintains the only official register of flags for these countries.
A light blue field charged with the coat of arms of the municipality of macau. Georgia became the 4 th of the original 13 colonies to become a state in the union on january 2 1788. The colonys corporate charter was granted to general james oglethorpe on april 21.
William tecumseh shermans fiery. The portuguese flag was used in colonial era macau as there was no territorial flag. The 13 original colonies were divided up into three regions including the new england colonies the middle colonies and the southern colonies.
In the original grant a narrow strip of the province extended to the pacific ocean. 13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools. One of the first states to secede from the union in 1861 georgia strongly supported the confederate states of america confederacy during the american civil warhowever it paid a high price in suffering from the devastation accompanying the union armys siege of northern georgia and gen.
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