No. Wrong.
The state adopted a new flag in 2003.
The state adopted a new flag in 2003.
Well, hell. I missed that. Did the old flag go down without a fight?
Actually he's technically right. The new Georgia flag is based on the Confederate "First National" flag, which is what's correctly called the "Stars and Bars." It's got the same three red-white-red stripes and blue field as the First National; in place of the seven white stars on the Confederate flag, the Georgia state flag has the state seal.
What everybody calls the "Confederate flag"--the blue St. Andrews Cross with the thirteen white stars--was actually the Army of Northern Virginia's battle standard. That was a square banner. The rectangular version was the Confederate Navy's naval jack. The St. Andrews Cross design was used on the upper left-hand corner of the Confederacy's Second National (white field) and Third National (white field with a red vertical stripe down the extreme right-hand side) flags. But the cross itself was never a national flag, it was a battle flag.
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