A United States flag and Tennessee State Flag flap in the breeze, on a sunny October day, surrounded by trees, in Chattanooga. Tennessee is known as the volunteer state, and joined the Union in 1796, as the 16th state.
The three stars at the center of the flag represent the three grand divisions of the state, East, Central and Western Tennessee. The flag was designed by LeRoy Reeves of the Third Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. The flag was adopted as the official flag of the state of Tennessee by an act of the General Assembly passed and approved April 17, 1905.
