Though withdrawn from combat, it remained the official national flag of the Confederacy until May 1863. The new Georgia state flag differs from it only in that it has stars for all 13 actual or ...

The Union officer’s great-grandson, Robert Clayton, donated the flag to be displayed at Fort McAllister State Historic Park in coastal Georgia ... Feb. 1 and March 3, 1863 — were also painted ...

The 1956 flag: The Georgia state flag was changed Feb. 13, 1956, incorporating a Confederate battle emblem into the design, as a response to the Supreme Court rulings on desegregating schools.

In May of 1863, the second flag of the Confederacy ... the prominent "Southern Cross" drew criticism, Georgia changed its flag to feature the state seal, though retained a smaller depiction ...

Kennedy Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation for his successful effort to take down a Georgia state flag that prominently featured the Confederate battle emblem.

ATLANTA — While the Confederate battle emblem is being removed from the Mississippi state flag, Georgia has had its own very tumultuous history with its own flag -- especially since 1956 ...

Like the flag that flew over Georgia before 1956, it will include the state seal on a blue field. Unlike any other Georgia flag, it will have the motto "In God We Trust." Though Franklin's flag ...

A segregation-era flag bearing the Confederate battle emblem was changed in 2001 and then again in 2004 amid strong debate and disagreement. Georgia’s official state flag is actually the third ...

Kennedy Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation for his successful effort to take down a Georgia state flag that prominently featured the Confederate battle emblem.

Last week, I and many of my fellow Georgians watched our neighboring state of ... adopt a state flag that prominently featured the Confederate battle emblem. As governor of Georgia, I successfully ...