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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Support for the flag in 1956 was not unanimous, with the United Daughters of the Confederacy opposing the flag with a prophetic statement that the change "would cause strife".
		For years the design of the Flag of Georgia was challenged and in January, 2001, the Georgia House and Senate voted on a new Flag of Georgia design intended to recognize the Confederate Battle Flag's historical significance while minimizing its prominence as representative of the state of Georgia.
		The Georgia Constitution states that the Flag of Georgia is to be determined by the "General Assembly." Compromise was reached and a bill was passed by the Georgia Legislature that specified another new Flag of Georgia design.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flag-of-Georgia (327 words)

	Flag of Georgia (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The flag has three red and white stripes, with the state coat of arms (taken from the state seal) on a blue field in the upper left corner.
		Support for the flag in 1956 was not unanimous, with the United Daughters of the Confederacy opposing the flag with a prophetic statement that the change "would cause strife".
		The 2003 flag legislation also authorized a public referendum on which of the two most recent flags would be officially adopted as the flag of the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_(U.S._state) (924 words)

	Georgia State Flag - About the Georgia Flag, its adoption and history from NETSTATE.COM
		Georgia was one of the thirteen original colonies, providing signatories to the Declaration of Independence and the 1787 United States Constitution.
		The canton of the flag shall consist of a square of blue the width of two of the bands, in the upper left of the hoist of the flag.
		The flags of the Georgia regiments which engaged in the Spanish-American War shall be displayed in the corridors of the capitol in a manner similar to those of the Confederate regiments.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/flags/ga_flag.htm (3458 words)

	Flags That Have Flown Over Georgia: The History of the Georgia State Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Old glory fluttered and snapped in the winds over the United States for 85 years until ominous winds began to blow and the nation was divided.
		Many changes have occurred in our flags throughout the years and the Stars and Stripes that we salute today bears no resemblance to Georgia's first flag - the Royal Banner of Ferdinand and Isabella of the late 15th century.
		The following links showcase important flags associated with Georgia's history as a territorial claim, as a colony, and finally as a state and should offer a better understanding of the role flags have always played, and continue to play, in the history and culture of our state and nation.
	www.sos.state.ga.us /museum/html/georgia_flag_history.html (223 words)

	Flag of Georgia
		As part of this effort the Georgia General Assembly made a change to the Flag of Georgia design and stipulated that the State Coat of Arms be stamped on the plain blue field of the canton.
		For years the design of the Flag of Georgia was challenged and in January, 2001, the Georgia House and Senate voted on a new Flag of Georgia design intended to recognize the Confederate Battle Flag's historical significance while minimizing its prominence as representative of the state of Georgia.
		The Georgia Constitution states that the Flag of Georgia is to be determined by the "General Assembly." Compromise was reached and a bill was passed by the Georgia Legislature that specified another new Flag of Georgia design.
	unitedstatesamericanflags.com /flag_of_georgia.htm (943 words)

	Georgia: Rejected flag proposal, 2004
		In the submitted proposal the national flag of Georgia is described as a white rectangular cloth with five crosses, including a big cross in the center of a flag and four crosses of the same size in each corner of the flag.
		The state flag of Georgia is a rectangular white panel, with a big cross in the center and red crosses in the shape of the so-called Bolnissi Cross in four corners.
		The standard size of the state flag of Georgia is defined according to this law, change of the sizes of the national flag according to this law is possible with respect of the proportions.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ge!04.html (1297 words)

	flag of Georgia flags
		In the website of the Parliament of Georgia there is posted a PDF document on the new flag, entirely in Georgian language and alphabet but with interesting construction sheets and drawings at the end.
		The flag with the five crosses outnumbered any other flag - including the previous Georgian national flag - in the street demonstrations that led to the so-called 'rose revolution' and the ousting of former President Shevernadze.
		The flag is said to have been used by a Georgian feudal states.
	www.flags-of-the-world.net /flags/ge.html (2541 words)

	Flag Protocol, Georgia Elks Association
		The United States Flag Code stipulates that as the symbol of a living country, the flag is considered in itself a living thing and should be properly displayed and cared for.
		When the flag is displayed against a wall with another flag from crossed staffs, the U.S. flag should be on the right (facing the audience) and its staff should be on top of the other flag's.
		When the flag is carried in procession with other flags, it should be either on the right of the line of flags, or in front of the center of the line.
	www.georgiaelks.org /committees/flag.htm (985 words)

	Georgian eleqtronic editions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Georgia was also used another term — “bavraki”, which is explained by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani as a special flag of the church (or of the clergy, or of the cathedral) (49, p.1-2).
		Apart from royal flags, there were also “the banners of military commanders, the rulers of various regions of Georgia, of the king’s army, of the satellite states of Georgia (49, p.11).
		For instance, according to the opinion of Teimuraz Bagrationi, Georgian “kings would always depict on the flag and the coat of arms the image of the holy Giorgi, and the same was repeated on the armour and helmets of the cavalrymen and his face was first appreciated in the state of the Georgians” (34, p.19).
	www.nplg.gov.ge /ic/library_e/gabeskiria/12.htm (2373 words)

	Georgia
		The flag is white with five red crosses, and was used as the flag of the National Movement, whose leader was Mikhail Saakashvili, the new President of Georgia.
		According to the second article, first paragraph of the Georgian law - "Regarding the Georgian National Flag", the Georgian national flag is a white rectangle, with in its central portion a large red cross touching all four sides of the flag.
		The flag is said to have been used by early Georgian feudal states.
	flagspot.net /flags/ge.html (2288 words)

	USATODAY.com - New state flag endorsed by Georgia governor, lawmakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Georgia flag may be changed within weeks — without a public vote first — under the plan.
		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.
		Only if the Perdue flag is rejected by voters would a second referendum be held, this time in July 2004, asking voters if they want to return to the Georgia flag dominated by the Confederate battle emblem.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-04-04-georgia-flag_x.htm (368 words)

	Georgia Flag
		This Georgia flag is authentically reproduced with special attention to detail and durability.
		Each flag is available for outdoor use, made with a heavy polyester heading and two brass grommets, or for indoor use with lined pole hem, velcro tabs and fringe.
		Flag Description: A centered horizontal and vertical red stripe with four smaller red crosses in the center of each quadrant.
	www.njflags.com /georgiaflag.html (177 words)

	Georgia Flag, Georgian Flag, Flag of Georgia
		Initially this flag design was a winner in a national contest in 1917, however it was suppressed during the time that Georgia was under Soviet rule.
		This flag was readopted after Georgia broke away from the former USSR.
		The wine/red color is said to be the national color of Georgia, symbolizing joy and happiness.
	www.ultimateflags.com /int/georgia.htm (78 words)

	Georgia State flag, Georgia state flags, GA, state flags, state flag
		The pillars support an arch that bears the word, "Constitution." The remaining two-thirds of the Georgia state flag prominently presents a replica of the Confederate Battle Flag.
		The second significant part of the new flag is the pictures of previous Georgia flags including the flag from 1956 to 2001.
		The new, new 3'x5' Georgia state flag which was authorized in May 2003 and approved by the public in the February 2004 election is now the official Georgia State Flag.
	www.flag-works.com /Georgia_State_Flag.htm (365 words)

	Georgian Flag - Flag Of Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If you would like to use this flag of Georgia or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this map of Georgia or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this information for Georgia or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /flags_of_the_world/flag_of_georgia.shtml (267 words)

	CNN.com - Georgia flag bill faces new hurdle - Apr. 23, 2003
		A controversial bill that would give Georgia its third state flag design in two years was put in peril Tuesday night when the state Senate decided to fix a mistake in the bill's language that made the banner too long.
		The flag bill was approved over the vehement objections of fl Democrats in the Legislature, who said it could lead to a racially divisive fight over whether to restore the design of the Confederate battle flag to Georgia's state flag.
		However, in the negotiations that led to the design of the new flag, legislators decided to make the phrase "In God We Trust" -- which is on the current state flag but is not prominent -- much more visible, throwing the issue of separation of church and state into the mix of controversy.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/23/georgia.flag/index.html (876 words)

	WORLD & NATION: In flag vote, Georgia leaders turn their back on Dixie cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		ATLANTA - The Georgia Legislature voted Friday to change the state flag to a version that echoes the Confederate national flag, but without the familiar Dixie cross that had led fl lawmakers to promise an economic boycott.
		If the measure is approved by Gov. Sonny Perdue, Georgia voters next March will choose between the temporary flag and the current Georgia flag.
		Then, if the temporary flag lost, voters would have had a chance to vote on the Confederate battle emblem flag.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/04/26/news_pf/Worldandnation/In_flag_vote__Georgia.shtml (329 words)

	CNN.com - Georgia Legislature endorses new flag - Apr. 26, 2003
		The bill would adopt a new flag design, a modified version of the flag that flew before 1956, which bears a resemblance to the Confederate national flag, or "Stars and Bars." In a referendum in March, voters would choose between the new design and Barnes' flag, which some critics have compared to a place mat.
		But if that flag were defeated, voters would have been asked in a second referendum in July to choose between the flag with the prominent Confederate battle emblem and the pre-1956 flag.
		When he pushed a new flag design through the Legislature in 2001, Barnes, too, drew the ire of Confederate heritage groups, as well as other Georgians who thought the matter ought to be put to a statewide vote.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/25/georgia.flag.flap/index.html (698 words)

	Time for Kids \| Magazines \| A New Flag for Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Georgia's new flag flew over the state capitol for the first time on January 31, 2001.
		Georgia's new state flag flew over the capitol building in Atlanta for the first time last Wednesday.
		Georgia Governor Roy Barnes was eager to end the bitterness.
	www.timeforkids.com /TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,97956,00.html (374 words)

	Georgia
		The largest state in the southeast, Georgia is typical of the changing South with an ever-increasing industrial development.
		University of Georgia - Georgia, University of, at Athens, Ga.; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; chartered...
		Georgia, state, United States - Georgia, state in the SE United States, the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be founded.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108201.html (369 words)

	Georgia State Flag, Flag Controversy, Confederate Georgia Flag ::Know GA
		Georgia has been through so many flags in the last few years it feels like the state is playing musical chairs.
		The debate over the Georgia flag has been painful for those that wanted to keep it and those that wanted to get rid of it.
		The flag with the Confederate battle cross was removed without the approval of Georgia's voters and was replaced with a hideous flag that was voted as the worst flag in the United States.
	www.knowga.com /georgia_flag.htm (145 words)

	Free Animated Georgia Flag Gifs - Georgia Flag Clip Art
		For those who ask why we still include the 1956 and 2001 Georgia Flags on this page, the answer is simple.
		Every time we have removed the 1956 flag from our site, we receive more requests for that image than all other flags combined.
		Georgia flag clip art, animated georgia flag, state flag of Georgia.
	www.fg-a.com /stflags_ga.htm (101 words)

	Georgia State Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Georgia state flag tag, which until recently adorned so many Georgia State Trooper vehicles that most people thought that they were officially part of the vehicles, came off of the vehicles by order of Governor Roy Barnes' newly-appointed Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety.
		The Georgia Southron has found that many troopers are suspicious of Col. Hightower's motives and his timing in removing the flag tags.
		"Before the flag tag was ordered to be taken off, some troopers had begun placing Georgia flag stickers on the rear of their bar [blue] light in the center between the actual blue lights," he said.
	www.georgiaflag.net /Pages/georgia_state_flag.htm (869 words)

	Georgia flag \| AJC.com > Georgia Politics \| ajc.com
		Members of this group, which fought unsuccessfully to include a flag dominated by the Confederate battle emblem in Tuesday’s referendum, said they will now take their fight to the summer and fall elections, where they will attempt to unseat lawmakers they blame for lowering a flag that had flown over Georgia from 1956- 2001.
		But supporters of the current flag, which is modeled after a Confederate flag that did not include the Rebel battle emblem, said Tuesday’s vote has put an end to this fight.
		Her flag would unite us, not divide us,” he crowed, loud and as proud as any Georgia rooster.
	www.ajc.com /news/content/custom/politics/blog/georgia/archives/georgia_flag (1132 words)

	56 or Fight Georgia Flag Vote Petition
		We the undersigned urge the Georgia Legislature in the future to provide for a vote on all three versions of the Georgia State Flag including the current Pre-56 Version, the long standing 56-Version with the St. Andrews Cross and the former Barnes Flag.
		In near future, Flag turncoats will be flagged, defeated and replaced as new members of the legislature and candidates for governor learn of the importance of keeping their major campaign promises if they want to win re-election.
		It is a Vote on the 56 Flag or we will carry on the fight in protests, in the boardrooms of the Atlanta anti-flag corporations and in the presidential primary elections.
	www.petitiononline.com /ronholla/petition.html (474 words)

	The Georgia State Flag Debate: A Town Hall Meeting at Tech
		On Wednesday, November 15, the Georgia Institute of Technology's Diversity Forum will sponsor a town hall meeting on one of the Southeast's most controversial symbols—the Georgia state flag.
		In 1955, an Atlanta attorney named John Sammons Bell suggested a new state flag for Georgia that would incorporate the Confederate Battle Flag.
		Georgia Tech administrators hope that the town hall meeting will encourage dialogue within the campus community.
	www.gatech.edu /news-room/archive/news_releases/diversityforum.html (513 words)

	Image:Flag of Georgia.svg - Wikimedia Commons
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	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Image:Flag_of_Georgia.svg (250 words)

	The US50 - Official State Flag of Georgia
		Depicted above is the state flag of Georgia.
		The flag of the state of Georgia is a symbol of the authority and sovereignty of the state and is a valuable asset of its people.
		The Georgia flag is flown over all state buildings just below the country flag of the United States of America.
	www.theus50.com /georgia/flag.php (82 words)

	Georgia State Flag
		The Georgia flag has three red and white stripes and the state coat of arms on a blue field in the upper left corner.
		Thirteen stars surrounding the seal denotes Georgia's position as one of the original thirteen colonies.
		Copyright © 2007 Marchex, Inc., World Flag Database
	www.50states.com /flag/gaflag.htm (92 words)

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