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The flag of the state of North Carolina, often referred to as the North Carolina flag, N.C. flag, or North Star, is the state flag of the U.S. state of North Carolina. History. First flag (1861–1865) State flag (1861–1865) North Carolina did not have an official state flag until the North Carolinian state constitutional convention of 1861.
5 Απρ 2016 · What do the two dates on the North Carolina flag mean? The first date – May 31, 1775 – commemorates the Mecklenburg Resolves, a statement issued by a committee in Charlotte just a few weeks after the opening battles of the American Revolution in Lexington and Concord.
Although not the state’s first flag, the current North Carolina state flag has been left largely unchanged over the past 125 years. The flag includes two important dates: May 20, 1775 and April 12, 1776.
U.S. state flag consisting of a horizontal red stripe over a white stripe and, at the hoist, a vertical blue stripe incorporating a white star, the initials of the state (“NC”), and two ribbons. There is an unsubstantiated reference to a North Carolina flag of the Revolutionary War era (1775–83).
State flag history. In Colonial North Carolina, the flag most often seen would have been that of the colony’s mother country, England, and later Great Britain. Prior to the Act of Union in 1707, the flag would have been that known as St. George’s Cross. After 1707, the symbol became the Union flag, incorporating the Scottish St. Andrew’s ...
North Carolina State Flag History: On May 20, 1861, the day that the secession resolution was adopted by the state of North Carolina, an ordinance to adopt a state flag was presented by Colonel John D. Whitford. A committee of seven was formed with Colonel Whitford appointed chairman.
1 Μαΐ 2023 · It was a document signed on May 20, 1775, by a group of citizens in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, claiming independence from Great Britain. Each symbol on the North Carolina flag has its significance, and they all come together to represent the state’s rich history and patriotism.
