Tennessee Flag Exists Because of One Man’s Persistence

 

These are some of the many drawings that LeRoy Reeves created when he came with the design of the Tennessee State Flag that was adopted in 1905. (Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University)

 

July’s Tennessee Magazine column is about all the work that LeRoy Reeves of Johnson City had to go through to get the Tennessee General Assembly to adopt the flag he drew as the official state flag.

Click here to read it.