Alabama (U.S.)

Last modified: 2004-12-22 by rick wyatt
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by Joe McMillan, 23 February 2000

• Flag Description
• Don't Be Square
• Origin of the red diagonal cross
• Unofficial variant of 1861
• Secession Flag / Republic of Alabama
• Simple Design
• Coat of Arms
• State Pledge
• State Military Crest

Municipal Flags:

• Gadsden
• Mobile
• Montgomery
• Ozark
• other cities with known seals, but no known flag

See also:

• Seven flags over Alabama
• Governor's Flag 
• "Alabama Dept. of Archives History" site
• West Florida
• United States
• States of the United States

In 1820, two stars were added, representing Alabama and Maine, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to 23. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.

Flag Description

Alabama state flag was adopted on Feb. 16, 1895 by act no. 383.
The state flag was to be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cro