A Georgia Militia member stands sentinel between the second and third columns, with his sword drawn. The words "State of Georgia encircle the seal above the emblem; the date "1776" runs below.

The Georgia Senate, exhorted by the governor to "seek the salve of reconciliation," voted 34-22 on Tuesday to reduce the Confederate fighting banner on the state flag to a miniature symbol.. The ...

That flag, which would be the shortest-lived of Georgia flags, was blue with the state seal in the center above a banner carrying American and Georgia flags, including the '56 flag with its ...