Arkansas Flag

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Arkansas Flag

The flag of Arkansas is a variant of the flag of the Confederate States of America . It was designed by Willie Kavanaugh Hocker (1862–1944) and adopted in 1912. It was one of 65 proposals. The three blue stars under the ARKANSAS logo stand for the powers to which Arkansas belonged or belonged: Spain, France and the USA (from 1803). The top star symbolizes the Confederate States of America , which Arkansas joined on May 6, 1861. The flag salute is: I salute the Arkansas Flag with its diamond and stars. We pledge our loyalty to thee . ( I greet the Arkansas flag with its diamond and stars. We pledge our loyalty to it. )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Arkansas (Eng.)
  2. ↑ Government website on the history of the flag
  3. ↑ Government website on the history of the flag (PDF; 52 kB)

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