Flag of Alabama

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Flag of Alabama
Governor's flag

The flag of Alabama was adopted by Order 383 of Parliament on February 16, 1895.

layout

“The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side. "

“The flag of the state of Alabama is said to be a crimson St. Andrew's cross on a white cloth. The stripes that form the cross should be no less than 6 inches wide and run diagonally across the flag, side to side. "

- Code 1896, §3751; Code 1907, §2058; Code 1923, §2995; Code 1940, T. 55, §5.

Because the stripes must be at least 6 inches (15.24 cm ) wide, "small editions" do not meet legal requirements and are not officially considered the flag of the state of Alabama.

It is widely believed that the flag's red St. Andrew's cross was designed based on the war flags of the Confederate States of America , with the blue cross inside. Just like this, the flag was often depicted as a square . Although no clear information about the aspect ratio emerges from the resolution text of Parliament, a St. Andrew's cross forms a rectangle in the general sense. In an article in the National Geographic of 1917 , the authors were in favor of the shape of the square. In 1987 , Alabama District Attorney Don Siegelmann wrote a letter to the director of the Alabama Department of Archives & History clearly stating that the flag should be rectangular, since in that form it had been reproduced and published countless times.

Flag from 1861

On January 11, 1861 , the Secession Convention passed a resolution for an official flag designed by a women's group from Montgomery, Alabama .

Flag of Alabama (1861, obverse) .svg On the obverse the goddess of freedom was depicted, in her right hand a drawn sword; in the left hand a flag with a star. In an arch above the figure were the words:
"Independent Now and Forever" ("Independent Now and Forever").
back On the reverse , a cotton plant and a coiled rattlesnake were depicted. Below the plant were the Latin words:
" Noli me tangere " ("Don't touch me").

This flag waved at the governor's office until February 10, 1861, before it had to be removed again due to severe weather damage.

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Bibliography

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Individual evidence

  1. ago.state.al.us ( Memento from April 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
  2. ^ Now and Forever ”.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.archives.state.al.us