The current Flag of the State of Alabama (the second in the state's history) was adopted by Act 383 of the Alabama state legislature on February 16, 1895.
The Alabama state flag features 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 wide, small representations of the Alabama flag do not meet the legal definition.
Prior to the Civil War, Alabama did not have an official state flag. In 1861, the Alabama Secession Convention passed a resolution designating
an official flag. Designed by several women from Montgomery, the flag was constructed and sent to the Governor's Office on February 10, 1861.
Sometime during 1861 this flag was badly damaged from severe weather, the flag was never flown again.
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