State Flags
Colorado
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The flag was designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson in 1911 and adopted by the Colorado General Assembly on June 5 of the same year. On February 28, 1929, the General Assembly added to the description of the flag that the blue and red would be the same color as the flag of the United States. On March 31, 1964, the legislature further dictated the diameter of the gold disc to be equal to the center stripe. Colorado became the 38th state to enter the union on August 1, 1876.
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The flag was designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson in 1911 and adopted by the Colorado General Assembly on June 5 of the same year. On February 28, 1929, the General Assembly added to the description of the flag that the blue and red would be the same color as the flag of the United States. On March 31, 1964, the legislature further dictated the diameter of the gold disc to be equal to the center stripe. Colorado became the 38th state to enter the union on August 1, 1876.
Maryland
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The Maryland colony was founded by Cecilius Calvert, second baron and Lord Baltimore (1605–1675), which was granted to him as George's son and heir by King Charles I, hence the use of his family's coat of arms in the flag. During the colonial period, only the gold and black Calvert arms were associated with Maryland. The state stopped using the colors following independence, but they were reintroduced in 1854. The red and white colored arms of the Crossland family, which belonged to the family of Calvert's (Lord Baltimore's) paternal grandmother.
Maryland was the seventh state to enter the union on April 28, 1788.
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The Maryland colony was founded by Cecilius Calvert, second baron and Lord Baltimore (1605–1675), which was granted to him as George's son and heir by King Charles I, hence the use of his family's coat of arms in the flag. During the colonial period, only the gold and black Calvert arms were associated with Maryland. The state stopped using the colors following independence, but they were reintroduced in 1854. The red and white colored arms of the Crossland family, which belonged to the family of Calvert's (Lord Baltimore's) paternal grandmother.
Maryland was the seventh state to enter the union on April 28, 1788.
North Carolina
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The flag of the state of North Carolina bears two dates. The top date represents the date of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which was signed on May 20, 1775 by a committee of citizens of Mecklenburg County in Charlotte, North Carolina, who declared independence from Great Britain after hearing of the battle of Lexington. The bottom date represents the date of the Halifax Resolves, signed on April 12, 1776. This are document was the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution. The Halifax Resolves helped pave the way for the signing of the United States
Declaration of Independence less than three months later and positioned North Carolina at the forefront of the
movement for American independence. North Carolina became the 12th state to enter the union on November
21, 1789.
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The flag of the state of North Carolina bears two dates. The top date represents the date of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which was signed on May 20, 1775 by a committee of citizens of Mecklenburg County in Charlotte, North Carolina, who declared independence from Great Britain after hearing of the battle of Lexington. The bottom date represents the date of the Halifax Resolves, signed on April 12, 1776. This are document was the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution. The Halifax Resolves helped pave the way for the signing of the United States
Declaration of Independence less than three months later and positioned North Carolina at the forefront of the
movement for American independence. North Carolina became the 12th state to enter the union on November
21, 1789.
Tennessee
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The flag was designed by Colonel LeRoy Reeves of the Tennessee National Guard, a Johnson City attorney who was serving in the Tennessee National Guard in 1905 when he created the new flag design. The Tennessee State Legislature officially adopted the flag on April 17, 1905. Tennessee became the 16th state to enter the union on June 1, 1796.
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The flag was designed by Colonel LeRoy Reeves of the Tennessee National Guard, a Johnson City attorney who was serving in the Tennessee National Guard in 1905 when he created the new flag design. The Tennessee State Legislature officially adopted the flag on April 17, 1905. Tennessee became the 16th state to enter the union on June 1, 1796.
