State of georgia 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. In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the states constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government. 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.
The current flag of the state of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003. Although the bonnie blue flag is the best known example a better documented flag consisted of a single red star on a white field. Georgia became the 4 th of the original 13 colonies to become a state in the union on january 2 1788.
The eve of the civil war 1861 65 georgia did not have an official state flag. 13 1956 incorporating a confederate battle emblem into the design as a response to the supreme court rulings on desegregating schools. Georgia adopted a new state flag in 2003.
There is a square blue canton the width of two bars in the upper left corner. The current official state flag was adopted in 2003. It retained the seal and blue stripe at the hoist but the confederate battle flag was substituted for the three horizontal stripes.
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. It has three stripes red white and red and a blue canton featuring a ring of 13 stars surrounding the state coat of arms. Official state flag of georgia.
Georgias current flag has three bars of equal width two outer red bars and a white bar in the center.