The State Flag with the state military crest and coat of arms of Alabama in the lower and upper sections
The current flag 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. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side." – (Code 1896, §3751; Code 1907, §2058; Code 1923, §2995; Code 1940, T. 55, §5.)
The cross of St. Andrew referred to in the law is a diagonal cross, known in vexillology as a saltire. Because the bars must be at least six inches (150 mm) wide, small representations of the Alabama flag do not meet the legal definition. In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ranked Alabama's state flag 29th in design quality of the 72 Canadian provincial, U.S. state and U.S. territorial flags.[3] There are sources that believe the saltire was intended to memorialize the Confederacy, but no legislative records indicate the inspiration for the flag.
^"Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama: State Flag of Alabama". Alabama Department of Archives & History. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
^"State and National Laws". Birmingham age-herald. July 11, 1895. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
^"2001 State/Provincial Flag Survey - NAVA.org" (PDF). nava.org.
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