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The flag included the number "16", Tennessee having been admitted as the 16th state of the Union, and the words "The Volunteer State", the state's official nickname. The current flag was designed by Colonel Le Roy Reeves, [ 4 ] a Johnson City attorney who was then serving in the Tennessee National Guard . [ 5 ]
Tennessee's current state seal, adopted in 1987, is a modernized version of the seal originally designed in 1801. The seal features the words "Agriculture" and "Commerce" and the date of the state's founding. The number 16 appears as a Roman numeral, signifying that Tennessee was the 16th U.S. state.
Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 million. [13] Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee.
By order of Gov. Lee, flags over the State Capitol and all state office buildings will be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday, Nov. 17, to remember the five Fort Campbell soldiers killed ...
Flag of Hawkins County, Tennessee; Flag of Tennessee This page was last edited on 15 April 2021, at 02:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Flags are at half-staff around the United States today in honor of former first lady Rosalynn Carter. Here's how long flags will be at half-staff.
Proposed flag of Tennessee 1861 Category:Historical flags of the United States: File usage. The following 31 pages use this file: 19th Tennessee Infantry Regiment;
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