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! [[Image:FrenchFlag.png|160px|border]]
| French flagThe ''France Modern'' banner of Charles V<ref>http://flagspot.net/flags/fr_mon.html#thr</ref>
| [[French period]]<br/>[[1719]]-[[1722]]
| The Three ''France Modernfleur-de-lis'' banner of Charles V, representing represent the Christian Trinity<ref>http://flagspot.net/flags/fr_mon.html#thr</ref>
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| [[Confederate]] first national pattern<br/>"Stars and Bars" flag
| [[Civil War]]<br/>[[1861]]-[[1862]]
| See [[#Confederate flag|below]]. The U.S. flag was actually restored when Pensacola was surrendered to Union forces on [[May 10]], [[1862]]. The state surrendered on [[May 20]], [[1865]].
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! [[Image:USFlag-50Stars.png|160px|border]]
|Modern U.S. flag
| United States<br/>[[1865]]-Present
| NotesThe U.S. flag had 37 stars when Florida was readmitted to the Union on [[June 25]], [[1868]]. The current (50-star) flag is used in Pensacola's five flag displays.
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==Confederate flag==
For many years, the flag flown over Pensacola to represent Confederate rule was the "[[Wikipedia:Flags of the Confederate States of America#The Battle Confederate Flag|battle flag]]," the design most commonly associated with the Confederacy. However, Pensacola's involvement in the [[Civil War]] had ended by [[1862]], before the battle flag was widely adopted, and there is no evidence that it ever flew over Pensacola. Due to the controversial nature of the battle flag, which opponents say is a symbol of racial hatred, its use was increasingly criticized after the [[civil rights movement]]. After black students protested the use of the flag at [[Escambia High School]] (along with the "Rebel" mascot and school song " Dixie"), it was deemed "racially irritating" by [[U.S. District Court]] Judge [[Winston E. Arnow]] in [[1973]] and barred from the school's use. This in part led to [[Escambia High School riots|riots]] at the school in [[1976]].
On [[January 25]], [[2000]], [[Pensacola City Manager]] [[Tom Bonfield]] decided to replace the battle flag with the [[Wikipedia:Flags of the Confederate States of America#First national flag ("the Stars and Bars")|Stars and Bars flag]], which was deemed more appropriate and "historically correct" by local historians, on several City of Pensacola facilities. The [[Pensacola City Council]] voted 7-2 on [[February 10]] to confirm the use of the Stars and Bars flag instead of the battle flag; on . On the same day, however, the [[Escambia County Commission]] voted unanimously to keep the battle flag.
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