Georgia State Flag Redesign

Moss said this could still be done in an aesthetically pleasing way perhaps in a ribbon or emblem and noted both florida s and georgia s flags include the same words.

Georgia state flag redesign. The current flag of the state of georgia is designed with their state seal in the canton. Sonny perdue signed it into law in 2003. The 1879 flag was introduced by georgia state senator herman h. The mississippi legislature after decades of debate voted to remove the 1894 state flag with its divisive confederate battle emblem.

The flag is mostly blue for the sky with the purple mountains that give montana its name. This design uses a simplified state seal which comes from the georgia bureau of investigation. Perry was a former colonel in the confederate army during the war and he presumably based the design on the first national flag of the confederacy commonly known as the stars and bars. Although there had been calls to alter mississippi s flag design in 2003 the 1894 design was retained.

Perry and was adopted to memorialize confederate soldiers during the american civil war. The current state flag was at the time the third flag to rise over. Long time lurker first time poster here. The topic that seems to be on the today list of all vexillologists and vexillographers is the redesign of the state flags of the united states.

My redesign takes elements from the state nicknames big sky country and the treasure state and also makes reference to the motto oro y plata spanish for gold and silver. The current flag of georgia was adopted on may 8 2003. The flag bears three stripes consisting of red white red and a blue canton containing a ring of 13 white stars encompassing the state s coat of arms in gold. See my view s on wa s redesign.

Georgia s new state flag flies above the capitol and downtown atlanta skyline after gov. In the coat of arms the arch symbolizes the state s constitution and the pillars represent the three branches of government. In 2001 the state s governor roy barnes pushed a redesign of the flag through the legislature a move that s believed to have contributed to his upset defeat in an election the following. It is the worst kept secret that most of the state flags of the usa are not good flags.

The words of the. In 2003 georgia redesigned its flag which meant that mississippi s was the only remaining flag to feature the confederate symbol. 50 state flags redesigned. 4 points 3 years ago.

Legislative executive and judicial. Over the years the flag was changed by adding and. The amount of detail in this seal isn t just a violation of common flag standards but it can come off as messy in an otherwise clean looking design.