Florida (U.S.)

Last modified: 2004-12-22 by rick wyatt
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by Mario Fabretto, 24 February 1998

• Origin of the red diagonal cross
• Legal Description
• "Five flags over Florida"
• State Seal
• State Military Crest
  
  
• Florida Flags 1845-1900
• Florida Flags Prior to 1845

Municipal flags of Florida:

• Aventura
• Bal Harbour
• Bay Harbor Islands
• Coral Gables
• Fort Walton Beach
• Hollywood
• Jacksonville
• Marco Island
• Miami
• Miami Beach
• North Miami Beach
• Orlando
• Panama City
• St. Petersburg
• Surfside
• other cities with flags, details unknown

County flags of Florida:

• Collier County
• Miami-Dade County
• Okaloosa County
• Orange County
• Pasco County

See also:

• Miccousukee Tribe
• Banana Republic of Miami
• Conch Republic
• West Florida
• Flag Protocol
• Florida Flags dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/symbols/flags.cfm
• United States
• States of the United States

In 1845, a star was added, representing Florida, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to 27. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.

Origin of the red diagonal cross

The red diagonal cross is based on the Confederate war flag. [güt92]
Jan Kuhlmann, 4 December 1995

The "Cross of Burgundy" (argent, sauteur gules raguely) was one of the standards of Spain used by the Spanish Military in the South Eastern U.S. I'm not sure, but it just struck me that this may be the inspiration for the Alabama and Florida flags.
Nathan Bliss, 20 January 1998

The flag was adopted in 1900. It was revised in 1985 to conform to a corrected state seal. The previous state seal had several errors. The revised Seal has a Seminole Indian woman rather than a Western Plains Indian, the steamboat is more accurate, and the cocoa palm has been changed to a sabal palm as the legislature prescribed in 1970.
Nick Artimovich, 31 July 1996

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