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State Flag. Although not the state’s first flag, the current North Carolina state flag has been left largely unchanged over the past 125 years. On February 5, 1885, General Johnston Jones introduced a bill to the General Assembly to adopt a new version of the state flag.
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).
Free North Carolina flag downloads including pictures in GIF, JPG, and PNG formats in small, medium, and large sizes. Vector files are available in AI, EPS, and SVG formats. A printable PDF version of the flag is also available.
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.
Symbolism. US flag above North Carolina flag. It bears the dates of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (May 20, 1775) and of the Halifax Resolves (April 12, 1776), documents that place North Carolina at the forefront of the American independence movement. Both dates also appear on the Seal of North Carolina.
Enacted by law in 2013, the newest symbols of North Carolina are the state art medium, clay; the state fossil, the megalodon teeth; the state frog, the Pine Barrens tree frog; the state marsupial, the Virginia opossum; and the state salamander, the marbled salamander.
15 Οκτ 2024 · Explore the North Carolina state flag history and uncover the stories behind its symbols. Click to dive into its rich past!
