The design of the
state flag of Alabama was made in order to resemble the blue satire flag of the Confederate Battle flag. The said Confederate Battle flag was square-shaped while that of the Alabama state flag was sometimes shown as a square as well.
Some articles written in National Geographic in the year 1917 once said that the flag was based on the Battle flag whose shape was square. In 1987, Attorney General Don Siegelman said the flag of Alabama's proper shape should be a rectangle. This is because of the derivation of the Battle flag had been repeated. It has also been depicted as rectangle in most publications already.
The flag of Alabama shows a crimson cross of St. Andrew which is put on in a field of white. The bars that form the cross on the flag is not less than six inches broad and is extended diagonally across the flag from side to side. There are those who would emulate the flag of Alabama but their cross does not go beyond 6 inches wide. These specifications do not fit to the required ones and thus be be classified as an illegal depiction of the
flag of Alabama.
Other than the Confederate Battle flag, there are also other flags in which the state flag of Alabama has been seen as identical. It can be deemed similar to that of the flag of St. Patrick that is incorporated into the Union flag. It was being used by many countries around the world especially by the United Kingdom. It represents the union of both the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.
by:
The Flagman
