The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-15
HISTORY OF STATE FLAG
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tinental Congress to vote Immediately
Tor separation from the British
crown"
Since 1855 there has been no change
IN our State flag. For the most part.
IL mas remained nknow 10 the peo-
pie of our State. However. as our
people become better informed. and
kewise more public-spirited and pa
1rlotlc, the emblem of the Old North
STATE VIII assume greater prominence
IN. their eyes One hopeful sign of
TINS increased interest along thi line
was the act passed by the Legislature
OF 1900, requiring the State flag to be
hoated from all State Institutions.
public buildings and court houses
The act of 1907 ead as follows:
n Act to Promote Loyalty and
Respect for the Sovereignty
of the State.
The General Assembly of North car
olina do enact:
Section /. That for the purpose OF
promoting greater loyalty and respect
to the State, and inasmuch as a spe-
cial act of the Legislature has adopted
an emblem of our government known
as the North Carolina State flag, that
it is meet and proper that it shall be
given greater prominence.
Sec. 2. That the board of trustees
or of the several State in
situations and public buildings shall
provide a North Carolina flag. of such
dimensions n material as they may
deem best, and the same shall be dis
played from a staff upon the top of
each and every such building, at all
times except during inclement wealth
er. and upon the death Of any State
officer or any prominent citizen the
flag shall be put at half-mast until
the burial Of such person shall have
taken place.
"Sec. 8. That the Board of County
! Commissioners OF the several counties
in this State shall likewise authorize
the procuring Of a North Carolina
flag, to be displayed either on a stat
upon the top, or draped behind the
judges stand, in each and every court
house in the State, and that the State
nag shall be displayed at each and
every term of court held, and on such
other public occasions as the Commits
sioners may deem proper.
Sec. 4. That no State flag shall b
allowed in or over any building here
mentioned that does not conform to
section five thousand three hundred
n twenty-one of the Revfsal Of one
thousand nine hundred and five.
Sec. S. That this act shall be in
force from and after it's ratification.
In the General Assembly read
three times, and ratified this the 9th
day Of March, A. D.. 19O7."-(Public
I Laws of North Carolina, Session 1907.
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Closely associated in sentiment with
the State flag is the State motto, which
was adopted by act of the General As
sembly in 1898. The act is as fol-
lows:
"Whereas, contrary to the usage OF
nearly all the States of the American
Union, the coat-of-armS and the great
| seal of this State bear no motto; and
whereas, a suitable motto, expressive
| Of some noble sentiment and indica-
tive Of some leading trait of our peo-
pie, will be instructive as we'll as orna-
mental, and the State should also keep
in perpetual remembrance the immor-
tai Declaration Of Independence made
at Charlotte; now, therefore,
THE General Assembly of North Car
DINA do enact:
section /. That the words 'EsSe
guam videri' are hereby adopted as
the motto Of this State and as such
shall be engraved on the great seal OF
North Carolina and likewise at the
| foot of the coat-of-arms Of the State
! as a part thereof.
"Sec. 2. That on the coat-of-arms,
in addition to the motto at the bot
TOM. there shall be inscribed at the
top the words May the Goth. 1878
Sec. 8. That this act shall be In
| force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 21st day Of February.
| A. D. 1893"
Many public and private schools,
fraternai orders and other ~organiZa-
tons now f1oa the flag of the Old
North State. This is right. The peo-
pie of the State should become &C
| uuainted with the emblem of their
! government. The time is not far dis
tant, let US hope. When a North Caro-
lima flag Will float from every schoo
house, from one end of the State to
the other. We owe this to ourselves
and to past and future generations.
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.