Florida State Flag And Its History
The first flag of Florida was hoisted on June 25, 1845, at the inauguration of its first governor, William D. Moseley. It had five horizontal stripes (blue, orange, red, white, and green) and a ribbon with the inscription “Let us alone.†The U.S. flag served as a canton. The states’ rights and antifederalist symbolism in the design are clear, but the associations of the colors are unknown; in any event, the flag seems not to have been extensively used.
During the first half of the 1800s, U.S. troops waged war with the region’s Native American population. During the Civil War, Florida was the third state to secede from the Union.
Somewhere around 1868 and 1900, Florida's state banner comprised of a white field with the state seal in the inside. Amid the late 1890s, Governor Francis P. Fleming proposed that a red cross is included, so that the pennant did not seem, by all accounts, to be a white banner of ceasefire or surrender when hanging still on a flagpole.
After the Civil War, Florida was the first Southern state to adopt a flag of its own. On August 6, 1868, the state seal was designated to appear in the center of a white flag; the design showed an American Indian woman on a promontory extending into the water where a steamboat was sailing.
In the rewriting of the Constitution in 1968, the dimensions were dropped and became statutory language. The flag is described in these words: "The seal of the state, of diameter one half the hoist, in the center of a white ground. Red bars in width one fifth the hoist extending from each corner toward the center, to the outer rim of the seal."
There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Florida flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Florida flag for the future.
During the first half of the 1800s, U.S. troops waged war with the region’s Native American population. During the Civil War, Florida was the third state to secede from the Union.
Somewhere around 1868 and 1900, Florida's state banner comprised of a white field with the state seal in the inside. Amid the late 1890s, Governor Francis P. Fleming proposed that a red cross is included, so that the pennant did not seem, by all accounts, to be a white banner of ceasefire or surrender when hanging still on a flagpole.
After the Civil War, Florida was the first Southern state to adopt a flag of its own. On August 6, 1868, the state seal was designated to appear in the center of a white flag; the design showed an American Indian woman on a promontory extending into the water where a steamboat was sailing.
In the rewriting of the Constitution in 1968, the dimensions were dropped and became statutory language. The flag is described in these words: "The seal of the state, of diameter one half the hoist, in the center of a white ground. Red bars in width one fifth the hoist extending from each corner toward the center, to the outer rim of the seal."
There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Florida flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Florida flag for the future.