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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.
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In 1879, state senator Herman H. Perry introduced legislation giving Georgia its first official state flag.
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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.
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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.
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The new flag may have resulted from a 1914 law changing the date on Georgia's state seal from 1799
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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 -
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.
