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Ginny Beagan, Wochit Every year, on June 14, we honor Old Glory in the United States. The For Floridians, natives and newcomers, this is a good time to take a closer at the state flag of Florida. What was the first flag of Florida? According to the What is the image superimposed on the state flag of Florida? Why do we celebrate Flag Day? What is the story behind the diagonal red bars on the Florida state flag? According to the • Between 1868 and 1900, Florida's state flag consisted of a white field with the state seal in the center. • During the late 1890s, Gov. Francis P. Fleming suggested that a red cross be added, so that the banner did not appear to be a white flag of truce or surrender when hanging still on a flagpole. • The current design of Florida's state flag was adopted in 1900. In that year, Florida voters ratified a constitutional amendment based on an 1899 joint resolution of the state Legislature to add diagonal red bars, in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, to the flag. • 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." What is Florida's state flower? What other flags have flown over Florida? According to the Florida Department of State website, many flags have flow...

Ginny Beagan, Wochit Every year, on June 14, we honor Old Glory in the United States. The For Floridians, natives and newcomers, this is a good time to take a closer at the state flag of Florida. What was the first flag of Florida? According to the What is the image superimposed on the state flag of Florida? Why do we celebrate Flag Day? What is the story behind the diagonal red bars on the Florida state flag? According to the • Between 1868 and 1900, Florida's state flag consisted of a white field with the state seal in the center. • During the late 1890s, Gov. Francis P. Fleming suggested that a red cross be added, so that the banner did not appear to be a white flag of truce or surrender when hanging still on a flagpole. • The current design of Florida's state flag was adopted in 1900. In that year, Florida voters ratified a constitutional amendment based on an 1899 joint resolution of the state Legislature to add diagonal red bars, in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, to the flag. • 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." What is Florida's state flower? What other flags have flown over Florida? According to the Florida Department of State website, many flags have flow...

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