Talk:Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)
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I don't know nothing about this flag. What is this flag for? Wshun
- Every state of the United States has its own flag, just as every country in the world has its own flag. -- Zoe
This page is out of date. There is now a new flag. Can somebody with knowledge update this page? -- Zoe
{ It has been done. Bubba73 (talk) 02:26, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Flag before 1920?
The oldest flag shown is that used from 1920 to 1956. What was or were Georgia's flag(s) before 1920? --Angr/comhrá 07:55, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] More details on the symbol?
Can we get more details on the symbol in the upper-left? Looking at the image, I can make out some, but not all, of the text, and can't tell who the person is supposed to represent.
- That symbol is the seal of the State of Georgia. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Georgia
Clarkefreak ∞ 02:12, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
- I added info re the IGWT motto with a wikilink. Someone before me added good links to the state seal that clarify the other words and design details. -- Lisasmall 04:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Legality of 2001 Flag?
I heard somewhere that the '01 flag was abandoned because it included an illegal display of the US flag on/in another flag, which is somewhere prohibited. I glanced through the flag code on wikisource, which is where I expected it to be, and came up empty. Does anyone know specifics about this? Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about? Clarkefreak ∞ 03:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
- I've never heard that. I think it was changed because not many people liked it. The 2001 flag was hurridly designed by a committee who didn't know how to design a flag. Also, many people wanted to stick with the previous flag. The state legislature changed the flag again in 2003, and people voted on whether they wanted the 2001 flag of 2003 flag. The 2003 flag won by a large margin. Bubba73 (talk) 02:23, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] More Information
If someone feels inspired (sorry, I don't), they can use this information from the Georgia state website to add more information, and previous flags: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/museum/html/georgia_flag_history.html Clarkefreak ∞ 03:07, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
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- I added four older flags. They appear differently on the page according to what browser text size you are using - even out of order in some cases. I don't know how to fix it. If I get around to it, I'll put individual images of the four flags that are in one image. Bubba73 (talk) 02:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 13 stars
I'm tempted to omit the part about the 13 stars in the last paragraph. All other references I looked at say that the 13 stars reoresent the 13 colonies or the original 13 states of the US. Bubba73 (talk) 03:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
- The law that created the flag says that the 13 stars represent the original 13 states law. Bubba73 (talk) 03:42, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
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- I inserted { {dubious} } after the sentence about 13 stars (which shows up as disputed), because I can't find any support for this statement. All references to it that I checked give the reason that Georgia was one of the 13 colonies that rebeled against England and was one of the original 13 states. (BTW, the person in the seal is dressed as a Revolutionaly War soldier, and "1776" is under the seal.) Bubba73 [[User_talk:Bubba73|(talk)]] 00:28, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
