State Flag 州旗

2001年1月31日Roy Barnes州长签署一项议案改变州旗的设计。在长达15年之久，州旗的反对者通过法律手段禁止使用1956年州旗。由于此争论，乔治亚州许多城市和私企都拒绝使用此州旗而选择1956年以前的州旗。现在使用的州旗对原旗做修改，即加上了“In God We Trust”。

Adopted on January 31,2001;May 8th,2003.

On January 31，2001 Governor Roy Barnes signed into law a bill to change the design of the state flag.For more than 15 years，opponents of the flag rallied and introduced legislation aimed at removing the confederate emblem featured prominently on the 1956 state flag.Because of the controversy，many Georgia cities and private businesses throughout the state refused to fly the official Georgia flag，opting（选择）instead to display the pre-1956 version.

In early 2000，Atlanta architect Cecil Alexander brought forth a“compromise”flag design consisting of the state seal，fittingly（适切地，适合地）depicted in“Dahlonega Gold”，surrounded by 13 white stars.Below is a gold ribbon（缎带，丝带，带）containing small images of the three state flags that have flown over Georgia，as well as the current and past versions of the United States flag.Above the small rows of flags is the phrase“Georgia's History”.

On January 24，2001，the Georgia House approved H.B.16，adopting Alexander's flag design as the new state flag with an amendment to add“In God We Trust”beneath the ribbon（缎带，丝带）of flags.H.B.16 was then transmitted（传送）to the Senate，where it was passed without amendment on January 30，2001.