Essay On Georgia State Flag

Did you know that the state of Georgia was the last colony out of the first 13 colonies to be formed? Named after King George II, the colony was settled by James Oglethorpe in 1733, and it was considered a state by 1788. The purpose of the colony was to serve as a military buffer between the other 12 colonies and the Spanish Florida. During the Civil War, multiple battles took place in the colony, one of them being, “The Battle of Pickett’s Mill”, which occurred in 1864. Before the Civil War, Georgia didn’t have a state flag. In the colonial & antebellum eras of Georgia, many militia units needed weapons, uniforms, and flags, so as a result, it was expected to have a flag to represent Georgia. This essay will talk about how the Georgia State flag has evolved over time. On January 18, 1864, there were numerous reports of secession flags that were made up of 1 star on a …show more content…
Perry, announced to the legislation to offer Georgia militia units an official flag. The new flag was based off the first national flag of the Confederate “Stars and Bars.” The blue area of the “Stars and Bars” flag was elongated to fit the width of the flag and the stars were taken off. Possibly, because of the 1879 flag having a lack of any state symbols on the flag, in 1902, the Georgia General Assembly said “On the blue field shall be stamped, painted, or embroidered a coat of arms of the state.” There was no typical way to show the coat of arms on the flag, so there were different variations of the flag being made. Most of the time, the coat of arms would be in a circle or on a white shield outlined with gold and for some other flags, the year 1799, the year the seal was approved, and a red ribbon saying “Georgia” would be underneath the shield. In 1914, the General Assembly altered the year of the state seal from the year 1799 to 1776, the year of the American Independence and they also included the date below the coat of