The original 1956 caption for this photo reads "Two Georgia Democrats, at left, Frank Etheridge and Judge Gus Roan, present a new state flag to Republicans Ray Spitler and W.B. Shartzer to take to ...

The state of Georgia's current flag is based on the first Confederate National flag. To stream 11Alive on your phone, you need the 11Alive app. Download the 11Alive app ...

The first U.S. flag, as adopted by Congress, features 13 alternating red and white stripes along with 13 stars positioned in ...

1879. In 1879, the General Assembly adopted the state's first official flag. It had a vertical blue bar down the entire left side with three horizontal bars -- red, white and red -- on the right side.

MACON, Ga. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has ordered flags at all state buildings and grounds be flown at half staff on Thursday as they recognize law enforcement personnel who died in the line of ...

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.

Georgia legislators first dealt with the state's Confederate flag issue in 2001, and settled it by nonbinding referendum in 2003. But some paid for the sin of changing the flag in 2001. Political ...

The Democratic candidate to be Georgia’s next governor explained her presence Tuesday at a 1992 protest that included a burning of the state flag as part of her opposition to Confederate symbolism.

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 ...