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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 ...
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 .
Elements of the design include a map of Alabama's river system affixed to a living tree. Variations on the design were used in Territorial and State documents including currency and uniform insignia issued during the U. S. Civil War (1861–1865). [This description is copied from the Original file]
List of Alabama state symbols; List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia; List of first-level administrative divisions by area; List of lakes of Alabama; List of mayors of Birmingham, Alabama; List of mayors of Huntsville, Alabama; List of mayors of Mobile, Alabama; List of mayors of Montgomery, Alabama; Outline of Alabama; Seal of ...
Armiger: State of Alabama: Adopted: March 14, 1939: Crest: A full rigged ship proper: Shield: Quarterly, the first azure three fleur de lis or (for France); second quarterly first and fourth gules a tower triple 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 second (for Great Britain ...
English: Depiction of the 1868 Great Seal of Alabama, created by the Alabama State Legislature by Act 1868–133: "The seal is in the form of a circle, and two and a quarter inches in diameter; near the edge is the word 'ALABAMA' and opposite, at the same distance from the edge, are the words 'GREAT SEAL.' In the centre of the seal an eagle is ...
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An enlargeable map of the state of Alabama. Names Common name: Alabama Pronunciation: / ˌ æ l ə ˈ b æ m ə / ⓘ Official name: State of Alabama; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: AL; ISO 3166-2 code: US-AL; Internet second-level domain: .al.us; Nicknames Cotton Plantation State [1] Cotton State [2] Heart of Dixie [2] [3] [4 ...