FLORIDA STATE FLAG

History of the Florida State Flag:

The flag of Florida had many different designs

• • January 13 – September 12 1861 was the Lone Star and Stripes flag when Florida withdrew from the Union and declared as a “sovereign and independent nation”
    • This flag had 13 red and white stripes with blue field with one big star in the middle of the blue field
  • On September 13, 1861 and official flag was authorized
    • This flag had the tri-band the confederate flag had then
    • The flag had three equal stripes 2 red, 1 white
    • The blue field went all the way to the bottom of the flag with the new Florida seal in the blue field