Georgia Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
The current status could not be loaded just now. The national status is on the main flag page.
Who lowers the flag in Georgia
In Georgia, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and published as PDF orders on the Governor’s site. Georgia is one of a handful of states whose flag orders are distributed as signed documents rather than web pages, so the PDF is the authoritative record of the dates and the scope — a summary elsewhere can lag or simplify it.
The flag of Georgia
Three horizontal red-white-red stripes recall the first Confederate national flag (the “Stars and Bars”); a blue canton bears the state coat of arms encircled by 13 stars representing the original colonies.
Georgia on the American flag
Adopted by the Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777 — 'Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.' The circular star arrangement is traditionally credited to Betsy Ross, the Philadelphia upholsterer said to have sewn the first example for General Washington.
Sunrise and sunset in Atlanta
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Georgia became a state
Founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe as a debtors’ colony and buffer against Spanish Florida, Georgia was the last of the original Thirteen Colonies to be settled. It ratified the U.S. Constitution unanimously on January 2, 1788, becoming the fourth state and the first in the South to join the Union.
Admitted January 2, 1788 — the 4th state.
Georgia at a glance
Did you know
- Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
- It produces about half of the U.S. peanut crop.
- The Atlanta airport is one of the busiest in the world by passenger traffic.
- Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, and Home Depot are all headquartered in Atlanta.
Born or raised here: Martin Luther King Jr. (civil rights leader; Atlanta) · Jimmy Carter (39th President; Plains) · Jackie Robinson (baseball pioneer; Cairo) · Ray Charles (singer-songwriter) · Julia Roberts (actor) · Stacey Abrams (politician, organizer)
Georgia in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in Georgia.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Georgia today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Georgia as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Georgia?+
In Georgia, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and published as PDF orders on the Governor’s site. Georgia is one of a handful of states whose flag orders are distributed as signed documents rather than web pages, so the PDF is the authoritative record of the dates and the scope — a summary elsewhere can lag or simplify it.
Does a county order mean the whole of Georgia lowers its flags?+
No. A county or single-facility order (the State Capitol, for instance) applies only where it says it does. This page shows those separately from the statewide status precisely so the two are never confused — if the status above reads full-staff, Georgia has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Georgia?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Atlanta, those times are shown above. On the final day of a half-staff order that runs "until sunset", the flag returns to full height at the local sunset — which is why the West Coast stays lowered a few hours after the East.
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