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.

ATLANTA – After months of debating Georgia's flag, state lawmakers struck a surprise compromise Friday -- an entirely new flag that echoes an old Confederate flag but does not include the ...

Georgia voters will still get a referendum next year — to pick between the new three-stripe flag and the 2001 flag. Few give the 2001 flag any chance to win.

The new flag design, approved by the House Rules Committee on Friday, resembles the first national flag of the Confederacy — three red and white stripes, with a blue field in the top left corner.

Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, right, and Cecil Alexander, left, the designer of the new Georgia state flag, pose with the banner in the governors office at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001.

The proposed design is based on the First National Flag of the Confederacy, known as the Stars and Bars. A version flew over Georgia before 1956, when the banner with the rebel symbol was adopted.

Bill Calls for 2004 Referendum on New Design. April 4, 2003 More than 22 years ago. By Associated Press. ATLANTA, April 4 -- -- After months of debate on Georgia's flag, ...

The actual Confederate flag is almost identical to the current state flag of Georgia, and that’s not a coincidence. It was a deliberate choice, a way of forcing an emblem of the Confederacy onto ...

The Georgia Senate has approved a new design for the state flag, voting 34-22 to shrink the Confederate battle flag symbol on the banner. Gov. Roy Barnes, a Democrat, lobbied for the new flag as ...

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 ...