Flag of Alabama
The flag of Alabama was taken on February 16, 1895 by Regulation 383 of the Parliament.
Shaping
"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. "
" The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a white cloth. The strips, which form the joint are to be not less than 6 inches wide and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side. "
Since the strips at least 6 inches (15.24 cm) must be wide, corresponding to " small issues " not the legal requirements and are officially not as a flag of the State of Alabama.
It is widely believed that the red cross of St. Andrew the flag following the battle flags of the Confederate States of America, was designed with the blue cross in it. Just like this, the flag was often shown as a square. Although from the text of the decision of the Parliament emerge no definite information about the aspect ratios, a St. Andrew's cross in the general sense forms a rectangle. In a National Geographic article from 1917, the authors were in favor of the form of the square. 1987 wrote the prosecutor of Alabama, Don Siegel man, a letter to the director of the Alabama Department of Archives & History, by fixing its clear that the flag should be rectangular, as they had been reproduced and published in this form countless times.
Flag of 1861
On January 11, 1861 the secession convention adopted a resolution calling for an official flag that was designed by a woman group from Montgomery (Alabama ).
This flag flew until February 10, 1861 at the governor's office before they had to be removed again by weather exposure due to severe damage.
Similar flags
Viceroyalty of New Spain
Flag of England
Cross of St. Patrizius (Ireland represented in the Union Jack)
References
- Lt.. Commander Byron McCandless & Gilbert Grosvenor. " Flags of the World. " National Geographic Magazine. Issue 32 No. 4, pp. 281-420 ( October 1917 )