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![[21 Star Flag of U.S.]](../images/u/us-1819.gif) |
![[Flag of CSA]](../images/u/us-csa7.gif) |
![[State Flag of Alabama]](../images/u/us-al.gif) |
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The
flag of Spain was the first to Fly over Alabama. According to William Brown in his 1901 Alabama History, DeSoto entered the town of Costa on July, 2, 1539. According to Brown, the town was in the present county of Cherokee. The next stop of the Spaniards was at a town called Coosa, within the limits of the present county of Talladega, where they remained a month.The
flag of France was the second to fly over Alabama. The French made the first permanent settlement on Alabama's soil. The first exploration