State Flag 州旗

自从1513年Juan Ponce de Leon占领以来，许多旗帜都曾在佛罗里达州的上空飘过。主要有五个主权国家：西班牙、法国、英国、美国和美国南部联邦。还有许多其他非官方旗帜也一次有一次地飘在半岛的上空。1899年立法机关的联合决议在1900年由本州投票者赞成现在使用的旗帜为佛罗里达州的官方旗帜。

Adopted in 1900.

Many flags have flown over Florida since Juan Ponce de Leon landed in 1513.Among them have been the flags of five sovereign nations:Spain,France,Great Britain,the United States,and the Confederate States of America.Numerous other unofficial flags also have been flown on the penninsula at one time or another.Only a written description remains of some of these banners.

A joint resolution of the legislature in 1899，approved by state voters in 1900，made the current State Flag the official banner of Florida.The Department of State is the custodian（管理人）of the State Flag.

Between 1868 and 1900，Florida's state flag consisted of a white field with the state seal in the center.During the late 1890s，Governor Francis P.Fleming suggested that a red cross be added，so that the banner did not appear to be a white flag of truce（休战，休战协定）or surrender when hanging still on a flagpole（旗杆）.