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His new flag, designed by architect Cecil Alexander, sought a compromise, by featuring small versions of some (but not all) of Georgia's former flags, including the controversial 1956 flag, under the words "Georgia's History". Those flags include a thirteen-star U.S. flag of the "Betsy Ross" design; the first Georgia flag (before 1879); the ...
From 1539 to 1542 Hernando de Soto, a Spanish conquistador, led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day southern United States searching for gold, and a passage to China. A vast undertaking, de Soto's North American expedition ranged across parts of the modern states of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina ...
National Flag Day. Anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, who created the current flag [5] Armenia: June 15: Commemorates the day the law on the flag was passed, on June 15, 2006 [6] Australia: September 3: Commemorates the day the flag was first flown, on September 3, 1901 [7] Azerbaijan: November 9: State Flag Day [8] Belarus: Second ...
The Province of Georgia [1] (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern Colonies in colonial-era British America. In 1775 it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to support the American Revolution. The original land grant of the Province of Georgia included a narrow strip of land that extended west to the Pacific Ocean. [2]
Flag Day isn't a federal holiday, but it has been celebrated for over a century. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as a day of national observance in 1916, according to the U.S. General ...
On May 7, 1937—Pennsylvania had become the first official state to declare Flag Day (June 14) an official state holiday. And then on August 3, 1949, Congress approved the national observance of ...
Georgia Day is the holiday which the U.S. state of Georgia recognizes in honor of its colonial founding as the Province of Georgia.On February 12, 1733 [NS] [1] James Oglethorpe landed the first settlers in the Anne, at what was to become Georgia's first city (and later the first state capital), Savannah.
The U.S. planted the first flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Since then, ... as America's national symbol. This year, for Flag Day 2024, you'll know exactly why you're ...