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Origin of First Georgia Flag

Origin of First Georgia State Flag (1879)

 

Take the Stars and Bars. . .

 

. . .remove the stars, narrow the width of the blue union and extend it to the bottom of the flag. . .

. . .thus producing the design of Georgia's first official state flag in 1879.

 

Computer generated flag images by Ed Jackson.

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