The 1956 flag: The Georgia state flag was changed Feb. 13, 1956, incorporating a Confederate battle emblem into the design, as a response to the Supreme Court rulings on desegregating schools.

Georgia's new state flag flies above the capitol and downtown skyline on Thursday afternoon after Gov. Sonny Perdue signed it into law at a morning press By Nancy Badertscher Jan 13, 2016 ...

After months of debating Georgia's flag, state lawmakers struck a surprise compromise Friday — an entirely new flag that echoes an old Confederate flag but does not include the divisive Dixie ...