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History Lessons

Tennessee’s flags are filled with oddities

In 1938, a man poses on a horse with the Tennessee state flag as background. (Tennessee State Library and Archives)

As a state, Tennessee has an unusual flag. As a city, Nashville has a complicated flag. As a college, Austin Peay sports a gonfalon. When Tennessee entered the United States 220 years ago, it chose red, white and blue for its state flag. But the hues were arranged in a unique way. The red portion… continue