On This Day in 1916, the Cherokee Rose Became Georgia’s State Flower

On August 18, 1916, the General Assembly adopted a joint resolution naming the Cherokee Rose as the “floral emblem” of the state of Georgia, making today the 95th anniversary of our state flower. Check out these images and information in GeorgiaInfo and read the legend of the Cherokee Rose in the Georgia Historic Books collection in the Digital Library of Georgia.

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