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{{Page icon|Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).png}} {{Infobox flag |name=Georgia |country=United States |image=Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg |adoption=8 May 2003 |image2=Georgia State Flag 2001-2003.png |caption2=[[#Historical flags|2001–2003 flag]] |adoption2=31 January 2001 |NAVA score2=2.36 |NAVA rank2=72nd |Wikipedia=Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) |FotW=us-ga }} {{for|the country of Georgia|Georgia (country)}} {{wikipedia|Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)}} The current flag of {{w|Georgia (U.S. state)|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. In the coat of arms, the arch symbolizes the state's constitution and the pillars represent the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. The words of the state motto, "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation," are wrapped around the pillars, guarded by a male figure dressed in colonial attire dating back to the {{w|American Revolution}}. Within the arms, a sword is drawn to represent the defense of the state's constitution. An additional motto, {{w|In God We Trust}}, is positioned underneath these elements acting as the state's "foundation". The ring of stars that encompass the state's coat of arms symbolize Georgia's status as one of the original {{w|Thirteen Colonies}}. The design principle is based on the {{w|Flags of the Confederate States of America|First National Flag of the Confederacy}}, which was nicknamed the "Stars and Bars". == Historical flags == The state flag used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent {{w|Flags of the Confederate States of America#Battle flag|Confederate Battle Flag}}, which some residents found offensive due to its historical use by the Confederate States of America and its contemporary use as a symbol by various {{w|white supremacy}} groups. Political pressure for a change in the official state flag increased during the 1990s, in particular during the run-up to the {{w|1996 Olympic Games}} that were held in Atlanta. In 1992, Governor {{w|Zell Miller}} announced his intention to get the battle flag element removed, but the state legislature refused to pass any flag-modifying legislation. Miller's successor as Governor, {{w|Roy Barnes}}, responded to the increasing calls for a new state flag, and in 2001 hurried a replacement through the {{w|Georgia General Assembly}}. His new flag sought a compromise, by featuring small versions of some (but not all) of Georgia's former flags, including the controversial 1956 flag, under the words "Georgia's History." Those flags are a thirteen-star U.S. flag of the "Betsy Ross" design; the first Georgia flag (before 1879); the 1920–1956 Georgia flag; the previous state flag (1956–2001); and the current fifty-star [[United States|U.S. flag]]. In [[2001 NAVA survey|a 2001 survey]] on state and provincial flags in North America conducted by the {{w|North American Vexillological Association}}, the newly adopted Georgia flag was ranked the worst by a wide margin; the group stated that the flag "violates all the principles of good flag design." <gallery> Georgia State Flag Non-Official Prior to 1879.png|Unofficial pre-1879 flag Georgia State Flag 1879-1902.png|Georgia state flag 1879–1902 Georgia State Flag 1902-1906.png|Georgia state flag 1902–1906 Georgia State Flag 1906-1920.png|Georgia state flag 1906–1920 Georgia State Flag 1920-1956.png|Georgia state flag 1920–1956 Georgia State Flag 1956-2001.png|Georgia state flag 1956–2001 Georgia State Flag 2001-2003.png|Georgia state flag 2001–2003 </gallery> == Proposals for a New Flag of Georgia== <gallery widths="200" bordercolor="#000000" spacing="small"> Georgiaflagredesign.png|This flag for georgia uses the current flag but simplifies the emblem and lengthens the canton to take up the entire left side. This makes the flag look less like the Confederate "Stars and Bars." Proposed Flag of Georgia Marmocet.svg|GA Proposed Flag "Marmocet" 17880102 georgia.svg|GA Proposed Flag "lizard-socks" Georgia flag proposal MOTX72 06.png|Georgia flag redesign - MOTX72 Georgia flag proposal MOTX72 04.png|Georgia flag redesign - MOTX72 GA Flag Proposal PaladinOfTheSun.png|GA Flag Proposal "PaladinOfTheSun" Georgia flag proposal MOTX72 05.png|Georgia flag redesign - MOTX72 Georgia flag proposal MOTX72 03.png|Georgia flag redesign - MOTX72 GA Flag Proposal Alternateuniversedesigns.png|GA Flag Proposal "AlternateUniverseDesigns" GA Flag Proposal BigRed618.png|GA Flag Proposal "BigRed618" GA Flag Proposal Jack Expo.png|GA Flag Proposal "Jack Expo" GA Flag Proposal FlagFreak.png|GA Flag Proposal "FlagFreak" GA Flag Proposal Tibbetts.jpg|GA Flag Proposal "Tibbetts 1" GA Flag Proposal Tibbetts 2.png|GA Flag Proposal "Tibbetts 2" US-GA flag proposal Tibbetts (modified).png|{{User:HansLN/GE|Georgia|mod=Tibbetts|p=use|d=Sep 2015|a=Georgia}} GA Flag Proposal Lord Grattan.png|GA Flag Proposal "Lord Grattan" GA Flag Proposal Sammy.jpg|GA Flag Proposal "Sammy" GA Flag Proposal Graphicology.png|GA Flag Proposal "Graphicology" GA Flag Proposal VT45.png|GA Flag Proposal "VT45" GA Flag Proposal Usacelt.PNG|GA Flag Proposal "Peach Flag/Cherokee Star - by Usacelt" Flag of Georgia.png|GA Flag Proposal by Kermitdefrog Alternate flag of georgia 3.png|GA Flag Proposal "Sesterce" Georgia State Flag Proposal No 7 800px Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 25 AuG 2014 at 1542hrs cst.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal No. 7 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 25 AuG 2014 Georgia State Flag Proposal No 9 800px Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 25 AuG 2014 at 1544hrs cst.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal No. 9 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 25 AuG 2014 Georgia State Flag Proposal No 12 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 25 AuG 2014 at 1637hrs cst.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal No.12 Designed by: Stephen Richard Barlow 25 AuG 2014 Georgia State Flag Proposal No 41 Design By AlternateUniverseDesigns Remix Color Edit By Stephen Richard Barlow 02 NOV 2014 at 0744hrs cst.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal No. 41 original red white & Blue design by AlternateUniverseDesigns Remix Color Edit By: Stephen Richard Barlow 02 NOV 2014 at 0744hrs cst Georgia State Flag Proposal No 20c Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 24 NOV 2014 at 1253 hrs cst.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal No. 20c Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 24 NOV 2014 at 1253 HRS CST Georgia.png|Georgia State Flag Symplistic Proposal. I removed the seal, restoring the flag back to its original stars and stripes. The star in the middle represents the state itself. By Ed Mitchell. 2013. US-GA flag proposal Hans 1.png|{{User:HansLN/GE|Georgia|p=use|d=Dec 2013|n=1|a=Georgia|more=1}} US-GA flag proposal Hans 2.png|{{User:HansLN/GE|Georgia|p=use|d=Jan 2014|n=2|a=Georgia|more=1}} US-GA flag proposal Hans 3.png|{{User:HansLN/GE|Georgia|p=use|d=Jan 2015|n=3|a=Georgia|more=1}} US-GA flag proposal Hans 8.png|{{User:HansLN/GE|Georgia|p=use|d=Jan 2016|n=8|a=Georgia|more=1}} US-GA flag proposal Hans 9.png|{{User:HansLN/GE|Georgia|p=use|d=Jan 2016|n=9|a=Georgia|more=1}} US-GA flag proposal Hans 11.png|{{User:HansLN/GE|Georgia|p=use|d=Sep 2016|n=11|a=Georgia|more=1}} Georgia State Flag Proposal No. 44 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 17 MAR 2015 at 0431 HRS CST.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal No. 44 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 17 MAR 2015 at 0431 HRS CST. Georgia-n-tang.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal NATHANIEL TANG on 8 JUNE 2015 at 00:14 UTC. The centre rondel is from the current flag sans words, while the rest of the flag derives from the Coat of Arms of George II, for whom the state was named, as Elector of Hanover Georgia2.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 8 JUNE 2015 at 00:41 UTC. The left half of the flag represents the "betsy ross" stars and stripes with a simplified version of the state emblem in the centre of the stars, while the right half of the flag derives from the Coat of Arms of George II, for whom the state was named, as Elector of Hanover Georgia3.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 8 JUNE 2015 at 00:59 UTC. The left half of the flag represents the "betsy ross" stars and stripes with a simplified version of the state emblem in the centre of the stars, while the right half of the flag is the Union Flag during the reign of George II, for whom the state was named. Georgia4.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 00:51 UTC . Cross of St. George, with the 13 stripes of the United States Georgia5.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 00:51 UTC . Cross of St. George, a simplified state emblem in the top-left canton with the 13 stripes of the United States in the bottom-right canton Georgia6.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 01:00 UTC . Cross of St. George, with the 13 stripes of the United States and a simplified state emblem in the canton. Georgia7.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 01:00 UTC . Cross of St. George, with the 13 stripes of the United States and a simplified state emblem in the centre of the flag. Georgia8.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 01:04 UTC . Cross of St. George, with a simplified state emblem in the centre Georgia9.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 01:07 UTC . Cross of St. George, with the thirteen stars of the Betsy Ross Flag and the Confederate Flag in the canton Georgia10.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 01:08 UTC . Cross of St. George, with the first Confederate National Flag in the canton. Georgia11.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 11 JUNE 2015 at 01:09 UTC . Cross of St. George, with the final Confederate National Flag in the canton. Georgia12.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 12 JUNE 2015 at 01:26 UTC . Cross of St. George in the hoist, with the fesses of the first Confederate National Flag in the fly. Georgia13.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 12 JUNE 2015 at 01:26 UTC . The fesses of the first Confederate National Flag as the field, defaced with the shield of St. George. Georgia14.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 12 JUNE 2015 at 12:02 UTC . The Cross of St. George, defaced with the first confederate flag with a gold bordered lozange Georgia15.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 12 JUNE 2015 at 12:02 UTC . The Cross of St. George, defaced with the confederate battle flag with a gold bordered lozange Georgia16.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 12 JUNE 2015 at 20:07 UTC . Current Georgia Flag sans seal emblem with cross of St. George defacing the canton Georgia17.png|Georgia State Flag Proposal by NATHANIEL TANG on 12 JUNE 2015 at 20:40 UTC . The fesses of the first Confederate Flag, defaced with the cross of St. George with a gold and bordered lozange with the 13 stars GA Flag Proposal Akh.png|GA Flag Proposal "Akh" GA Flag Proposal UtzTheCrabChip.png|GA Flag Proposal "Utz the Crab Chip" GA Flag Proposal Zerroka.png|GA Flag Proposal "Zerroka" Georgia flag propsal.png|Georgia flag proposal "BeamOfSunlight" 10Georgia5theye.png|GA flag proposal "5thEye" GeorgiaRedesign.png|Georgia flag proposal "Coliop-Kolchovo" US-GA flag proposal Achaley.jpg|Georgia flag proposal by Achaley. Georgia 4.png|Peach stripes above and below, Canton has stars in G shape. Design by Rotten Ali. Georgia - Enough Already.jpeg|Georgia flag proposed by Ken Morton. Enough already with Confederate flags. GA Flag Proposal Laqueesha.png|Georgia flag proposal by "Laqueesha". Author's note: ''"I combined the 1920 flag with the 2003 and got this. 13 stars represents the original 13 US states and how Georgia was one of them. Instead of 'IN GOD WE TRUST' I replaced it with the traditional US motto, 'E PLURIBUS UNUM'."'' Eb20a7902370a6126c7cb51ef96e1ce0.jpg|tuscany inspired, by Francone GA flag proposal Francone.png|Flag proposal by Francone, based on [[:File:US-GA flag proposal Hans 8.png|Hans #8]] Cross of st georgie.png|idea from austrian tuscany, by Francone Georgia - Back to the Future 2.jpg|This flag harkens back to the flags of Georgia in use between 1879 and 1956, but replaces the state Seal with thirteen stars which, of course, signify Georgia's status as one of the original thirteen states. [Posted by Ken Morton, October 26, 2018] Georgia - Roundel.png|Georgia - Roundel Posted by Ken Morton. Georgia New Flag.png|GA Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 1" Georgia New Flag 2.png|GA Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 2" GA PNG.png|Red cross on white is the English St. George’s cross, representing the colonial origins and etymology of the state of Georgia. The blue field is from the canton of various flags in Georgia history, on which all had stars. The four stars themselves represent four major periods in Georgia’s history: the colonial era, the pre-Civil War era, the Civil War era, and finally modern Georgia. Georgia is also the fourth state to ratify the Constitution. The gold in the stars comes from Georgia’s state seal, and the number of stars represent the four elements in the seal: Constitution, Wisdom, Justice, Moderation. The four colors are all the official colors of the state. Posted by Preston Knapp [https://vexillology.fandom.com/wiki/User:Preston_Knapp] Georgia Y.png|This is a modified, and much improved, version of a design I first posted on October 26, 2018. (Postedby Ken Morton) Proposal Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg|Proposal for a flag for Georgia. By [[User:Qaz_Janssen|Qaz]] Dec 2019 ([[User:Qaz Janssen/Proposals/Subnational/US-ESE#Georgia|details]]) Georgia - Blue.png|Part of a series of fifty state flag designs, all in blue and white. (Posted by Ken Morton) GAlol.png|By RobLee9 GA807.png|([[User:Trevor807/Proposals|details]]) Georgia State Flag Proposal -01.png|Pays homage to Georgia's important role in the Civil Rights Movement while using classic American colors to maintain tradition. The lone star represents Southern Identity, rather than the typical 13 stars of the Confederacy Flag of Georgia (alt) (2).png|An edition I made to Lizard-socks' flag design. I edited it to resemble Georgia's pre-1956 flags. By CeasingMango426. Flag of Georgia (alt) (3.5).png|Here, I recreated the design of the 1920 flag Georgia used to adopt until they adopted their infamous 1956 flag. The only difference between this and the original flag is that this has a full rendering of the state's seal on the flag (albeit still one-colored). Design by CeasingMango426. 1879-1902 Georgia Flag.png|1879-1902 Georgia Flag Recreated By Naxteri 1902-1906 Georgia Flag.png|1902-1906 Georgia Flag Recreated 1906–1920 Georgia Flag.png|1906–1920 Georgia Flag Recreated 1920-1956 Georgia Flag .png|1920-1956 Georgia Flag Recreated 1956–2001 GA and Treton Flag Redesign.png|1956–2001 Georgia Recreated 2001-2003 Georgia Flag.png|2001-2003 Georgia Flag Recreated By Naxteri Image 2020-11-03 190300.png|Non-Confederate-Like with State colors, Current Coat of Arms, Peach State Pride Peach, and 4 Stars A9c9b47e5b1ae9e58ade1ce945dfce3957e49dda-1-.png|Design by Flag Mashup Bot. Red symbolizes the iconic Georgian red clay, and black symbolizes African Americans, who have played a very important role in Georgian history. It is also a horizontal tricolor like many previous Georgian flags, invoking continuity with Georgian history. New Flag of Georgia.png|Georgia Flag Proposal- first made in December 2020 by [[User:WesleyMcPaper]] and based on based on [[:File:US-GA flag proposal Hans 8.png|Hans #8]] File:US-GA by SimplisticFlags.png|Redesign by [[User:SimplisticFlags|SimplisticFlags]]. September 2021. ([[User:SimplisticFlags/Flag Proposals/American States#Georgia|details]]) File:GA R9 final results.png|Poll results US State Flags page on Facebook - Nov2021 File:GA Flag Proposal DILWeed649.svg|Redesign by [[User:DILWeed649|DILWeed649]], December 2023. This is a modernization of unofficial pre-Confederate state flags that were just the state seal's arches on a solid color field. The arches are put toward the hoist to match those flags' emphasis of them, but I added an embattled stripe and statehood-representing star to the end to keep it from being too plain. The stripe references the embattled chevron from the coat of arms of James Oglethorpe (colonial Georgia's founder,) and it's also a visual representation of Georgia's initial purpose as a 'buffer colony' between the British Carolinas and Spanish Florida. Its four notches represent Georgia being the fourth state to ratify the constitution, and the three spaces between them represent the three general regions of the state (coastal plain, piedmont, and northern mountains.) The color scheme simplifies that of the current flag by dropping the yellow while keeping red as the most prominent color, representing the red clay that's common throughout the state. </gallery> {{United States}} [[Category:Georgia (USA state)]] [[Category:United States state]] [[Category:Vexillology/Vexillography]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Georgia (U.S. state)]]
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