Why was the flag of florida changed

The present outline of Florida's state signal was received in 1900. In that year, Florida voters confirmed a sacred correction dependent on a 1899 joint goals of the state lawmaking body to include inclining red bars, as a St. Andrew's cross, to the banner.

Between 1868 and 1900, Florida's state flag consisted of a white field with the state seal in the center. During the late 1890s, Governor Francis P. Fleming suggested that a red cross be added, so that the banner did not appear to be a white flag of truce or surrender when hanging still on a flagpole

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