Flag Of French Louisiana

The flags with the french flag in the canton which on many occasions were already existing flags without the tricolour resembled the british colonial flags which originated as defacements of the british ensigns which have the british union jack in the canton and a red white or blue fly.

Flag of french louisiana. La louisiane française or french louisiana was an administrative district of new france under french control 1682 to 1762 and 1801 nominally to 1803 the area was named in honor of king louis xiv by french explorer rené robert cavelier sieur de la salle it originally covered an expansive territory that included most of the drainage basin of the. When louisiana was sold to the united states of america in 1804 the french hauled down the tricolour 4 and the stars and stripes was raised in its place. The presence of the fleur de lis a stylized depiction of a flower and a traditional french symbol demonstrates the city s french heritage. France was a republic by the time napoleon placed his brother joseph bonaparte on the throne of spain.

The first flag was hand stitched by bergeron s sister delores kay conque of carencro la. According to the book flags of louisiana by jeanne frois published in 1995 here is a list of flags that flew over louisiana. Naval sources show flags such as those used in the french. The municipal flag of new orleans is the representative banner of the u s.

This enabled napoleon to have spain give louisiana back to france in 1803. Prior to 1861 the state of louisiana had no official flag though a flag similar to the present one was often used unofficially. The flags of louisiana. The next dawn saw the french flag in its place sunset of december 20 gilded old glory the united states flag of course has a history of its own and at that time had more stripes 17 and fewer stars 17 than at present.

Flag of castile and leon 1492 1541 white fleur de lis 1672 1762 spanish flag 1763 1803 british flag 1763 1779 french tricolor nov 30 1803 dec 20 1803. Arceneaux was an early leader of the louisiana french renaissance movement a movement intended to renew interest and pride in the french acadian heritage language and culture of louisiana. The flag was designed by the late thomas j. In january 1861 after declaring secession from the united states but before the formation of the confederate states of america louisiana unofficially used a flag based on the flag of france with seven stars on the.

City of new orleans louisiana the flag has a large white field that contains three gold fleurs de lis and is bordered on the top by a red stripe and from below by a blue stripe. On july 5 1974 the louisiana state legislature officially adopted arceneaux s design as the official acadiana flag through house concurrent resolution 143. Colonial flags with a tricolour canton.