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| Alt = Flag of North Carolina
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| Design = A blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter "N" in gilt on the left and the letter "C" in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union.
| Designer = Johnston Jones
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== History ==
=== First flag (1861–1865) ===
[[File:Flag of North Carolina (1861).svg|thumb|
North Carolina did not have an official [[state flag]] until the North Carolinian state constitutional convention of 1861. During this convention, delegates voted to join the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. They established a committee to come up with a flag. This flag was ratified by the convention on June 22, 1861. The flag consisted of a red field with a white star in the center. Inscribed above the star was the date May 20, 1775, the controversial date of the [[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence]]. Inscribed below the star in a semi-circular form was the date May 20, 1861, which was the date North Carolina declared it had seceded from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. The flag also
During the American Civil War, [[secessionist]] leaders spoke of the
===Second flag (1885–present)===
==== Flag Statute of 1885 ====
[[File:Flag of North Carolina (1885-1991).svg|thumb| A former Confederate soldier and [[Adjutant General of North Carolina|adjutant general of North Carolina]] (1877{{endash}}1888), Johnston Jones, introduced the bill which led the state legislature to adopt a new flag in March 1885, to replace the flag that had been adopted on June 22, 1861. The red field of the old flag was replaced by a blue field. This was the first and only flag formally representing the State of North Carolina as part of the United States.<ref name="Edmonds">{{cite book|author=Edmonds, W. R.|year=1913|title=The North Carolina state flag|location=Raleigh, N.C.|publisher=Edwards & Broughton Print. Co.|url=http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,20643}}</ref>
The
{{quote|That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter "N" in gilt on the left and the letter "C" in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. That above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing in black letters this inscription "May 20th 1775," and that below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: "April 12th 1776".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/statutes/statutelookup.pl?statute=144-1|title=North Carolina General Statute 144-1|website=ncleg.net|access-date=December 27, 2019}}, (1885, c. 291; Rev., s. 5321; C.S., s. 7535; 1991, c. 361, s. 1.)</ref>}}
==== Flag modification of 1991 ====
[[File:Flag of North Carolina.svg|thumb|
On June 24, 1991, a bill was passed by the [[North Carolina Senate]] that changed the official proportions of the state flag. It changed from "… the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width" as written in the 1885 act to "… the total length of the flag shall be one-half more than its width."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-nc.html|title=North Carolina (U.S.)|website=flags of the world|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>
== Symbolism ==
[[File:American and North Carolina Flag.jpg|thumb|[[US flag]] above North Carolina flag.]]
It bears the dates of the [[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence]] (May 20, 1775) and of the [[Halifax Resolves]] (April 12, 1776), documents that place North Carolina at the forefront of the American independence movement. Both dates also appear on the [[Seal of North Carolina]].<ref name="NCPedia">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/symbols/flag|title=Flag of North Carolina|author=Josh Howard|website=NCPedia|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>
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[[Category:Symbols of North Carolina|Flag]]
[[Category:United States state flags|North Carolina]]
[[Category:Quadcolor_flags]]
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