Flag of Georgia

^? Georgia flag

The flag of the US state of Georgia was introduced on May 8, 2003.

description

She wears the seal of Georgia on a red and white striped flag in her jack , surrounded by 13 stars that stand for the 13 founding states of the United States, including Georgia. It is based on the first flag of the Confederate States of America .

The two mottos are on banners: “Wisdom, Justice, Moderation” ( “Wisdom, Justice, Moderation” ) and “ In God We Trust .” (“We trust in God.”)

Historical flags over time

• Historic flags of Georgia
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  Before 1879 (unofficial)

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  1906-1920

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  1920-1956

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  1956-2001

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  2001-2003

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  2003 until today

Seal of Georgia

history

The first flag of Georgia contained the national coat of arms on a blue background. The three flags that followed were based on the flag of the Confederate States of America.

In 1956, a new flag was introduced at the instigation of Georgian Governor Marvin Griffin . This included the war flag of the Confederate States of America . At that time, the civil rights movement fighting for black equality was at its peak, and critics like Congressman John Lewis saw the flag as a racist protest. Mostly because it was adopted shortly after the Supreme Court desegregated public schools . Griffin also wrote the quote "The rest of the nation is looking to Georgia for the lead in segregation." (The rest of the nation sees Georgia as the leader in racial segregation)

During the 1990s there was political pressure to change the flag. It played a role that Georgia hosted the 1996 Olympic Games in its capital, Atlanta, and that the Confederate flag was also used by racist whites who support the idea of white supremacy . The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also advocated the change. In 2001 the flag was finally changed. Immediately after the change, the city of Trenton adopted the old flag as the city flag. In a 2001 internet vote by the North American Vexillological Association , the new 2001 flag was voted the worst flag of all 72 US and Canadian states, provinces and territories. Above all, the complex design was criticized.

In 2002, Sonny Perdue was elected Governor of Georgia , who ensured that a new flag would be determined by the people of Georgia in a referendum in 2003. They chose the flag in its current form.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexander Azarian, Eden Fesshazion: The State Flag of Georgia: The 1956 Change In Its Historical Context. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Senate Research Office, August 2000, archived from the original on December 3, 2007 ; Retrieved October 7, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Article by Congressman John Lewis (English) ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. December 16, 2002. Retrieved November 21, 2006.  
3. ↑ Coleman v. Miller 1997 decision denying injunction against Governor of Georgia and the Sons of Confederate Veterans for flying the 1956 Georgia state flag. Retrieved November 21, 2006.
4. ↑ Rick Wyatt: Trenton, Georgia (US). In: Flags of the World. July 4, 2009, accessed July 6, 2010 . 
5. ↑ nava.org ( Memento of the original from November 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

literature

• The Flag Institute (ed.): National flags of the world . Edition Maritim, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-89225-402-8 .
• Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states . Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-570-01082-1 .

Web links

• The Georgia State Flag (English)