when was north carolina's state flag adopted?
<answer> North Carolina's state flag adopted on May 20, 1861. <context> North Carolina Flag - Info for kids. North Carolina Flag - History. In Colonial North Carolina, the flag most often seen would have been that of the colony’s mother country, England, and later Great Britain. North Carolina did not officially have a state flag until the constitutional convention of 1861. On May 20, 1861, a state convention met in Raleigh and passed a resolution calling for North Carolina to leave the Union.