State of georgia flag history. The current official state flag was adopted in 2003. 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 eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag.
Even after it became federal law on august 26 1920 georgia women were. Georgias early economy was based on the slave plantation system. It has three stripes red white and red and a blue canton featuring a ring of 13 stars surrounding the state coat of arms.
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. Georgia was the first of 10 states to vote against ratification of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. From 1956 to 2001 the georgia state flag prominently incorporated the confederate battle flag.
In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the states constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government. 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. Georgia became the 4 th of the original 13 colonies to become a state in the union on january 2 1788.
13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools. For example in a little more than two years time between january 2001 and may 2003 georgia changed its state flag three times. 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.
William tecumseh shermans fiery. The 2001 flag included the state seal along with representations of earlier versions of the state flag below on a banner bearing the title georgias history below the banner were the words in. The georgia state flag was changed feb.
The state of georgia tops the entire nation of the united states for the number of previous state flags.