North Carolina’s neighbor to the west – Tennessee – has a distinctive and simple state flag, which was designed by Lee Roy Reeves of Johnson City, Tenn., who was a schoolteacher and a lawyer. Reeves’ flag was adopted in 1905 by the state legislature.
The field of crimson features “three stars of pure white, representing the three grand divisions of the state – east, middle and west.” They are bound together by a blue circle, trimmed with a white border.
An up-and-down narrow
white stripe and blue bar on the fly side edge “relieves the sameness of the
crimson field and prevents the flag from showing too much crimson when hanging
limp.”
The official salute is a
rhyme:
God keep them strong and
ever true.
It is with pride and love
that we
Salute the Flag of Tennessee.
Three southwestern North Carolina counties share a boundary with Georgia.
It seems that no one is very happy with Georgia’s state flag, which has been “edited” more times (seven) than any other state banner in an attempt to make it “politically correct.”
The current version dates back to 2003. It consists of a field of three horizontal bars of equal height, two red separated by a white bar in the center. In the upper left corner is a square blue canton.
Within the canton, a
circle of 13 white stars, symbolizing Georgia and the other 12 original states,
surrounds Georgia’s coat of arms. It’s the image of an arch that represents the
state’s “constitution,” supported by three pillars that stand for the three
branches of government – legislative, judiciary and executive.
A figure dressed in colonial garb with a drawn sword defends the principles of “wisdom, justice and moderation,” words that are wrapped around the pillars.
The primary objections to Georgia’s new flag relate to the “busy-ness” of all that is going on inside the small blue canton.
Obviously, this is a flag
designed by a committee, looking at the flag up close…and not from a distance.
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