Georgia's Cherokee Rose - In 1916, with the support of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, the Cherokee Rose was named the state floral emblem. The name "Cherokee Rose" is a local designation derived from the Cherokee Indians who widely distributed the plant.

Georgia's State Flag - The present flag became the official flag of Georgia in 2003. The blue square in the upper left corner bears the design of the original Georgia flag, with the 13 stars representing the original thirteen colonies. The flag has three equi-distant stripes, with the bottom and top being red and the middle white.

Georgia's Live Oak Tree - In 1937, the live oak was adopted as the official tree at the request of the Edmund Burke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It flourishes along the coastal plains and on the islands where the first settlers made their homes. Many famous Georgians, as early as General James Oglethorpe, were able to enjoy its beauty.

Georgia's State Song - "Georgia On My Mind"

Melodies bring memories that linger in my heart. Make me think of Georgia; Why did we ever part? Some sweet day when blossoms fall and all the world’s a song, I’ll go back to Georgia ‘cause that’s where I belong.

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through. Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

Georgia, Georgia, a song of you comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines.

Other arms reach out to me; other eyes smile tenderly. Still in peaceful dreams I see the road leads back to you. Georgia, Georgia, no peace on earth I find. Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

Hawkinsville, Georgia

Hawkinsville is filled with many historic sites and an unusual number of Victorian and antebellum homes, many of which are in a magnificent state of repair and can at times be visited during a "Tour of Homes" presentation. Hawkinsville, with its winding roads, gentle hills, magnolia-scented breezes, and the softly flowing Ocmulgee River, provides the perfect family-oriented setting for its residents and visitors in the Magnolia Midlands of central Georgia.

Pulaski County was originally the capital of the Creek Indian Confederacy, where due to the abundance of wildlife along the Ocmulgee River, Indians inhabited the area until the turn of the nineteenth century. Hawkinsville was named after General Benjamin Hawkins, a Princeton man who was a Revolutionary War hero, a member of Continental Congress, and more importantly, the General Superintendent and chief treaty-maker of all Indian tribes south of the Ohio River. He was known as the "Beloved Man of Four Nations."