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January 2002 One of the original 13 colonies, North Carolina is
represented by a star and a stripe on the 13 star U.S. flags.
Legislative records show that a "state flag" was not established
or recognized until 1861. The constitutional convention of 1861,
which passed the ordinance of secession, adopted a state flag.
On May 20, 1861, the day the secession resolution was adopted,
Col. John D. Whitford, a member of the convention from Craven
County, introduced an ordinance. The law as it appears in the
ordinance and resolutions passed by the convention is as
follows: AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO A STATE FLAGThis state
flag, adopted in 1861, is said to have been issued to North
Carolina regiments of state troops during the summer of 1861 and
borne by them throughout the war. It was the only flag, except
the national and Con