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dimanche 24 juillet 2016

Tennessee Flag

By Noel Sanches


The Tennessee Flag was adopted officially on 17th April 1907 by the State Legislature of Tennessee. According to the Tennessee Flag history, the designer of the flag was LeRoy Reeves, who belonged to the Tennessee Infantry's Third Regiment.

For years, Tennessee used a different flag. That one was three bands of red, blue and white, which were all slanted. These stripes were at the time intended to represent the three divisions of the state. On that flag there was also a number 16 with the slogan “The Volunteer State.”

The 16 signified the fact of Tennessee being the sixteenth state to enter the Union. In 1861, with the Civil War approaching, a flag was proposed that was similar to the first Confederate flag but with the Tennessee seal on it. In 1905, the state flag design was created by LeRoy Reeves, a member of the Tennessee National Guard. This is the same design used today!

The Tennessee state flag contains a blue circle in the very center of the flag which holds three white stars and outlined in white against a bold red background. There is also a strip of blue on the fly of the flag.

The colours correspond to those in the Stars and Stripes and the Stars and Bars. Tennessee and neighbouring Arkansas are the only states to have red backgrounds for their flags.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Tennessee 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 Tennessee flag for the future.




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