Louisiana (U.S.)

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

• Law about the flag
• Motto in Flag
• State Pledge
• Flags Over Louisiana
• Flags of 1861
• State Military Crest

• Abbeville
• Baton Rouge
• Bossier City
• Mandeville
• New Orleans
• Shreveport
• Slidell
• Vidalia
• Louisiana municipalities with incomplete flag information

Parishes:

• Avoyelles Parish
• Plaquemines Parish
• St. Bernard Parish

See also:

• Acadians
• Acadiana
• Creole
• Mardi Gras
• United States of America
• States of the United States

In 1818, five stars were added, representing Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to 20. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.

Law about the Flag

§153.  State flag; when to be displayed

A.  The official flag of Louisiana shall be that flag now in general use, consisting of a solid blue fi