52 Years Ago Today: Georgia's State Flag Flies with Confederate Colors

By Steve Goss

Atlanta, GA – If we were to turn Georgia's clock back 52 years to this date in 1956, we'd find a new flag flying above the Capitol and other state government buildings. The General Assembly had just authorized a redesign of Georgia's flag to include the Confederate Battle Flag, purportedly to commemorate the upcoming centennial of the Civil War in 1961. But, as Georgia State University historian Cliff Kuhn points out, that explanation fooled no one.