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{{Infobox Flag
| Name = North Carolina
| Image =
| Image_size = 200px
| Alt = Flag of North Carolina
| Use = 110000
| Symbol = {{FIAV|normal}}
| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption =
| 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 =
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=== First flag (1861–1865) ===
[[File:Flag of North Carolina (1861).svg|thumb|191x191px|State flag (1861–1865) {{FIAV|historical}}]]
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 contain two bars of equal width, one in blue and one in white. The design is similar to one suggested by Raleigh artist William G. Browne.<ref name="NCPedia"
During the American Civil War, [[secessionist]] leaders spoke of the [[Mecklenburg Declaration]] with reverence, attempting to connect it with the state's joining the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. Confederate leader [[Jefferson Davis]] spoke to a [[Charlotte]] crowd in September 1864, saying "people of this section were the first to defy [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] authority and declare themselves free" encouraging them to continue backing the Confederacy's civil war effort.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Houck, Douglas|title=Historic Charlotte County : an illustrated history|date=2011|publisher=Historical Pub. Network|location=San Antonio, TX|isbn=9781935377337|pages=34|edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=How the Confederacy lives on in the flags of seven Southern states|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/21/how-the-confederacy-lives-on-in-the-flags-of-seven-southern-states/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=Jun 21, 2015|author=Ingraham, Christopher Ingraham}}</ref>
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=== Flag modification of 1991 ===
[[File:Flag of North Carolina.svg|thumb|191x191px|State flag (
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 ==
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>
== Salute to the flag ==
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