# Death of Flag Designer Anthony George (2024)

URL: https://allhistories.com/grenada/timeline/2024-death-of-flag-designer-anthony-george
Location: St. George's, Grenada
Themes: main-event

As Grenada prepared for independence in 1973, the government held national competitions to design a flag and coat of arms for the new state. Anthony Conrad George, born in 1938, was a prolific Grenadian artist and art teacher who entered both contests and won them. His flag, with its red border, gold and green triangles, seven gold stars representing the parishes and the nutmeg emblem in the hoist, was first raised on 7 February 1974. For decades George received little public recognition for his designs, and it was only some thirty years after independence that he was formally acknowledged as their creator. He was later awarded the British Empire Medal and other honours, and he continued to paint and exhibit in Grenada and abroad. George died on 7 February 2024, the fiftieth anniversary of the day his flag was first hoisted, aged 86. The coincidence of his death with the golden jubilee was widely noted in Grenada, and tributes from the government and arts community recalled how his designs had become central symbols of national identity, displayed at every independence celebration, sporting triumph and state occasion. The nutmeg on the flag remains one of the most recognisable national emblems in the Caribbean. At this point in the timeline (7 February 2024), the King of Grenada was Charles III (8 September 2022 – present); the Governor-General of Grenada was Cécile La Grenade (7 May 2013 – present). Government: the Prime Minister of Grenada was Dickon Mitchell (24 June 2022 – present).

## Why it matters
George's flag and coat of arms gave independent Grenada its enduring visual identity.

Ruler at the Time: [Charles III](https://allhistories.com/grenada/rulers/charles-iii)

Governor-General of Grenada: Cécile La Grenade
Prime Minister of Grenada: Dickon Mitchell (National Democratic Congress)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Anthony C. George](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_C._George)
- [Wikipedia — Flag of Grenada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Grenada)
- [NOW Grenada — Designer of Grenada's National Flag has died](https://nowgrenada.com/2024/02/designer-of-grenadas-national-flag-has-died/)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — flag of Grenada](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=flag+of+Grenada)
- [Wikipedia — From Ivan To Beryl (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada)