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The saltire of Alabama's flag most closely resembles the saltire of the flag of Florida, which was derived from the Spanish Cross of Burgundy. [10] Southern Alabama was originally part of Spanish Florida and subsequently West Florida. Alabama adopted its flag design in 1895, five years earlier than Florida did.
The oldest symbol is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853. [1] The most recently designated symbol is the peach, Alabama's state tree fruit, established in 2006. Alabama does not have an official nickname, although "Heart of Dixie" was strongly promoted by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and 1950s, and put on state license plates. [2 ...
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 South African journalist and author Lawrence G. Green states that the lyrics' reference to a "reed bed" possibly points to the song having a more humble origin. [8] Green states that in the 1800s, there was a riverboat based on the Berg River , also named Alabama (Alibama), that once a year used to deliver reeds to the harbor of Cape Town.
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Alabama (/ ˌ æ l ə ˈ b æ m ə / ⓘ AL-ə-BAM-ə) [9] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states. [10] [11]
Other history museums include the Southern Museum of Flight, Bessemer Hall of History, [68] Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Alabama Museum of Health Sciences, and the Arlington Home. The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame is housed in the historic Carver Theatre, and offers exhibits about the numerous notable jazz musicians from the state of ...
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 ...