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Early state flag 1879
The picture of the flag beside this is the Georgia state flag as it would have appeared using the coat of arms from 1799 state seal. -
Georgia State Flag 1879 - 1902
In 1879, state senator Herman H. Perry introduced legislation giving Georgia its first official state flag. -
Georgia State Flag 1902 - 1906
In 1902, as part of another major reorganization of state military laws, the General Assembly changed Georgia's state flag again. The flag is a reconstruction of Georgia's flag with the addition of the state coat of arms. -
Georgia State Flag 1906 - 1920
Between 1902 and 1906, some unknown person or flag manufacturer added a gold-outline white shield to the coat of arms, placed the date " 1799 " below the arms, and added a red ribbon with " Georgia " below the shield. -
Georgia State Flag 1920
The new flag may have resulted from a 1914 law changing the date on Georgia's state seal from 1799 -
Georgia State Flag Since 1956
In 1956, the Georgia Assembly approved the state's most controversial flag.
The 1956 flag greatly offended African Americans and progressive whites because two-thirds of it looked like a confederate battle flag.
Most people believed the legislature's new flag decision to be symbolic of Georgia's residence.
The flag represented Georgia for 45 years until it was finally replaced in 2001 -
Current Georgia State Flag
On January 31, 2001 Georgia governor Roy Barnes singled into law a bill to change the design of Georgia's state flag, for more then 15 years.
