Tennessee (U.S.)

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3:5 by Željko Heimer, 16 August 2003

• Description of the Flag
• The Three Stars
• What way is up?
• Governor's flag
• General Assembly flag
• Tennessee State Guard
• State Military Crest
• 55th Brigade - United States Service Command

Municipal Flags:

• Collierville
• Collinwood
• Memphis
• Nashville and Davidson County
• Tennessee municipal flags with incomplete information

• Blount County
• Campbell County
• Cheatham County
• Davidson County
• Hamilton County
• Hancock County
• Hardin County
• Lewis County
• Knox County
• Maury County
• Montgomery County
• Shelby County
• Sumner County
• White County
• Van Buren County
• Tennessee county flags with incomplete information

• Construction sheet
• University of Tennessee
• Tennessee Technological University
• Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature
• Tennessee State Symbols     website    pdf file
• State of Franklin
• States of the United States
• United States of America

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.

The Tennessee State Flag was designed by Captain LeRoy Reeves of the Third Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. Captain Reeves explained the design of his flag as follows:

Tennessee is divided into three regions - the Tennessee River divides West Tennessee from Middle Tennessee, and East Tennessee is the area of the Smokey Mountains and east - the "Grand Divisions. The three stars are of pure white, representing the three grand divisions of the state. They are bound together by the endless circle of the blue field, the symbol being three bound together in one.... an indissoluble trinity. The large field is crimson. The final blue bar relieves the sameness of the crimson field and prevents the flag from showing too much crimson when hanging limp. The white