2014年9月11日 · Should Alabama's state flag be square-shaped to adhere to Confederate battle flag standards or rectangular?

The Alabama state flag displayed at Ivy Green, Helen Keller's birthplace in Tuscumbia. Alabama's current flag was adopted in 1895. The legislation introduced by Representative John W. A. Sanford Jr. stipulates: "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 ...

Saint Patrick's Saltire or Saint Patrick's Cross is a red saltire (X-shaped cross) on a white field. In heraldic language, it may be blazoned argent, a saltire gules. Saint Patrick's Flag (Irish: Bratach Naomh Pádraig) is a flag composed of Saint Patrick's Saltire. The origin of the saltire is disputed.

U.S. state flag consisting of a white field with a red saltire (diagonal cross). During the Civil War (1861–65) an unofficial flag of blue with a yellow or white star represented the separation of Alabama from the Union.

These are the current official flags of the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States. Dates in parentheses denote when the territory's current flag was adopted by its respective political body.

2023年5月1日 · The Alabama state flag is a crimson red color with a white St. Andrew’s cross. The cross is outlined in a thin, blue line, and its arms are tilted at a 45-degree angle. The flag also contains a white disk in the center with a red cotton plant, …

2018年7月20日 · Today we look at the history of the Alabama flag and how it's symbols were chosen for a pretty unexpected reason.

2017年2月23日 · What Does The Red X Mean? It's A Poignant Symbol. There are more people entrapped by slavery today than at any other point in human history. Even compared to the most infamous and grotesque...

The red cross in the center of the flag, added in 1899, was suggested by the Governor at that time, Francis Fleming, to make sure that the flag did not appear to be one of surrender or truce while it is being hung on a flagpole.

The flag of Alabama is pretty simple. White background. Red X. But symbols on flags are supposed to mean something aren't they? So what does this flag mean. That question was submitted to Ask Alabama by Scott who also correctly guessed that it's tied to the Confederacy.