Many Flags have flown over Florida since European explorers first landed herein the early sixteenth century. Among them have been the flags of five nations: France, Spain, Great Britain, The United States andthe Confederate States of America.

Numerous other unofficial flags have flown on the peninsula at one time or another, but only written descriptions remain of what these flags looked like.

In 1899, a joint resolution of the Florida Legislature, approved by state voters, made the current State Flag the official banner of Florida.

Discovered in 1513 by Ponce De Leon who claimed it for Spain while searching for the "fountain of youth." He named it Florida from the Spanish definition for "feast of flowers."

The first permanent European settlement in Florida was in 1656 by Spain. The settlement was, as is now, St. Augustine.