North Carolina State Flag 3' X 5' Flags An olive branch and cornstalk

An olive branch and cornstalk cross limbs beneath—symbols of peace and prosperity

The flag of Missouri

appears festooned below

The 13 stars represent the 13 original British American colonies

and a man with a raised hand representing peace and holding a long gun representing the fight for state and nation as a frontier state

North Carolina State Flag 3' X 5' Flags An olive branch and cornstalkNorth Carolina did not have an official state flag until the North Carolina state constitutional convention of 1861. During this convention, delegates voted to join the 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