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The current flag of the U.S. state of Alabama (the second in Alabama state history) was adopted by Act 383 of the Alabama Legislature on February 16, 1895: [1] [2] "The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white.
Location of the state of Alabama in the United States of America. The state of Alabama has a total of 41 official state emblems. The oldest symbol is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853. [1] The most recently designated symbol is the Little Bluestem, Alabama's state native grass, established in 2024.
The Seal of Alabama from 1868 until 1939. "Here We Rest" served as the official state motto during that time. The state's first seal of 1819, replaced by this one, was readopted as the official seal in 1939. It does not contain a motto. The modern Alabama motto was added to the current coat of arms when it was created in 1923.
The official description, in heraldic language, is laid out in the Code of Alabama, Section 1-2-2: [2]. Arms: quarterly, the first azure three fleur de lis or (for France); second quarterly first and fourth gules a tower tripple [sic] towered or, second and third argent a lion rampant gules (for Spain); third azure a saltire argent and gules over all a cross of the last fimbriated of the ...
The first flag was produced in a rush, as the date had already been selected for an official flag-raising ceremony, W. P. Miles credited the speedy completion of the first "Stars and Bars" flag to "fair and nimble fingers". This flag, made of Merino, was raised by Letitia Tyler over the Alabama state capitol. The Congress inspected two other ...
The first seal was designed in 1817 by William Wyatt Bibb, the governor of the Alabama Territory and the subsequent first governor of the state. When Alabama became a state in 1819, the state legislature adopted the design as the official state seal. The seal prominently features a map showing one of the state's most valuable resources—its ...
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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Flags of Alabama (1 C, 1 P) S. Official seals of places in Alabama (232 F) Pages in category "Symbols of ...