Tuesday 5 July 2016

By Ned Jackson


Alabama, which joined the union as the 22nd state in 1819, is situated in the southern United States and nicknamed the "Heart of Dixie." Europeans came to this place in the sixteenth century. In the nineteenth century, cotton and slave work were vital to Alabama's economy.

The Alabama State Flag was approved by the Alabama Legislature on February 16, 1895. The state banner was to be a blood-red cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars framing the cross were not to be under six inches wide and were toThroughout the years, there has been much theory over the state of the Alabama state banner. Dr. Thomas Owen, chief of the Alabama Department of Archives and History talked with people who had been around at the time that the bill was presented. He inferred that the banner ought to be square, taking into account the "rOn January 11, 1861, the Secession Convention passed a determination assigning a banner composed of Montgomery ladies as the official banner of the tradition.

The Alabama State Flag was endorsed by the Alabama Legislature on February 16, 1895. The state standard was to be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. Consistently, there has been many hypotheses over the condition of the Alabama state flag. Dr. Thomas Owen, head of the Alabama Department of Archives and History deduced that the flag should be square, considering the "regulations directing the Confederate battle flag."

After the war, the flag of the United States was raised over the state. It flew until 1891 when Alabama finally decided on a design for a unique state flag. Four years later, on February 16, 1895, 76 years after being admitted to the Union, the Alabama Legislature authorized the "crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white" as its official flag in the Acts of Alabama.

The Second National Flag was broadly known as the "Stainless Banner." Because the first issue of this banner hung the box of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, it was otherwise called the "Jackson Flag."

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Alabama flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Alabama flag for the future.




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