The flag displays an emblem on a field of red, with a strip of blue bordered by white on the fly.

[3] The three bars were deliberately slanted in an effort to represent the geographically distinct regions of Tennessee.

The current flag was designed by Colonel Le Roy Reeves,[4] a Johnson City attorney who was then serving in the Tennessee National Guard.

In October 1917, National Geographic erroneously reported the stars represented the state as the third to enter the Union after the original thirteen.

Postal Service issued a sheet of 13 cent stamps illustrating U.S. state flags.