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For years the design of the flag was challenged and in January, 2001, the Georgia House and Senate voted on a new design intended to recognize the Confederate Battle Flag's historical significance while minimizing its prominence as representative of the state of Georgia. Some Georgia residents were not please with the 1956 design, however and found the inclusion of the Confederate Battle Flag offensive and representative of a distasteful segment of Georgia history. For over 45 years this flag flew over the state of Georgia the state seal depicted on a blue field and a representation of the Confederate Battle Flag to the right. This bill was signed into law on February 13, 1956. At the 1956 session of the General Assembly, state senators Jefferson Lee Davis and Willis Harden introduced a bill to change the state flag design again. In early 1955, an Atlanta attorney proposed a new flag design, one that would incorporate the Confederate Battle Flag. Again, it is not known how or why this change came into being. Sometime in the 1920s, the state flag began appearing with the state seal depicted instead of the shield or the coat of arms as stipulated in 1902.
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In 1914, the General Assembly changed the date on the flag from 1799 (the year the state seal was adopted) to 1776 (the year of independence). How and why this departure in design became the standard is not known. What does exist today are flags that show the coat of arms on a white shield and a red ribbon below that with the state's name on it. It is not clear if this flag was ever made. As part of this effort the Georgia General Assembly made a change to the flag design and stipulated that the State Coat of Arms be stamped on the plain blue field of the canton. Georgia embarked on a major reorganization of its state militia laws in 1902. Governor Colquitt approved this flag on October 17, 1879. His design was to take the Stars and Bars, remove the stars and extend the blue canton to the bottom of the flag. A Confederate veteran, Colonel Perry's proposal was strongly influenced by the First National Flag of the Confederate States, the Stars and Bars. Perry introduced legislation giving Georgia its first official State Flag. A provision was included that "Every battalion of volunteers shall carry the flag of the State, when one is adopted by Act of the General Assembly, as its battalion colors". In 1879, the Georgia General Assembly passed a law regarding volunteer troops. The field remained white, however the outer half of the field consisted of a vertical red band. This third flag's width was designated to be two thirds its length. In the late months of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis signed a bill creating a third design for the Confederate National Flag, but it is not certain how many of these flags were made or how many were actually raised. Difficulty distinguishing the Stars and Bars from the Stars and Stripes from a distance, particularly in battle, is one reason given for the change. The so-called Stainless Banner was used beginning in 1863. The First National Flag, the Stars and Bars, was used from 1861 to 1863.Ĭoncern over the similarity of the Confederate flag to the flag of the United States led to a change in design and the Second National Flag. More evidence exists for a Flag with a Red Star centered on a white field.Īfter the war broke out, Georgia flew one of two Confederate National Flags from 1861 to 1865. This flag reportedly consisted of a single White Star centered on a blue field. The most well known of these single-star flags is the "Bonnie Blue Flag" immortalized in song. Each state being represented by a star on the Stars and Stripes, the single star on the Secession Flags indicated that the state had withdrawn from, or intended to withdraw from, the Union. The flag depicted a coiled snake on a white background and was in scripted "our Motto, Southern States, Equality of the States, Don't Tread on Me".Īs the sentiment of the Georgians embraced the idea of seceding from the Union, unofficial Secession Flags appeared all over the state, generally depicting a single star on a solid background. Two days after the election of President Lincoln, on November 8, 1860, perhaps the first of the "Secession Flags" was raised in Savannah, Georgia. Many statutory designs were altered in practice either by design or misunderstanding. Many intended designs were never implemented. The history of flags that have flown over or were intended to fly over the state of Georgia is a long and twisted one with many unanswered questions.