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I Mil in, hiiu a juvny aesK i*Pi, | nnyoi ★ * *11 i vn.n i.vn\lt;; i \ctsi miGABDING VLABA.M Vr£feMIt€*rfo►ritnonII*ritidhr».an w cFLAQ |Today, December fourteenth, Is the birthday of the grand old state of Alabama—one hundred and four years old, the tlilnd state In the order of creation to come int.* the American union. Alabama seceded January 11, 1861, returned to the Union in 1865 and was re-1 * stored to full rights as a state in m February 1868. wlhohityolieThe following information regarding the Alabama flag comes ^ 1 from Mrs, Bell Allen Boss, prom- I wl31 inent daughter of the Confeder-I Sr I! acy, who says: j Jat I Does it seem possible Alabama had not adopted a'state flag until 1895? This is true,■ I ![.I When Hon. John W. Sanford, I i;l.\iatAHIOianitsurrs.tiVclt;8bJr., was a member of the legisl.i-o| turG—1895—from Montgomerycounty he Introduced a bill from the floor of the house asking the legislature to adopt a state The bill passed both houses and was signed by Governor William C. Oates February 16, 1895,0 Bills ' The flag of the state ofAlabama shall be a crimson crossh of St. Andrew on a field of white.r The bars forming the cross shall not be less than six Inches broad.and must extend diagonally aeros-(j the flag from side to side. a “When displayed; The flag ofv the state shall bo hoisted on the dome of the capitol when the two houses of the legislature are in session, and shall be used by the j, 1 state on ail occasions when it may ; I he necessary or customary to display a flag, except when in theh | opinion of the governor the na-1 ’ Clonal flag shall be displayed. *| by Sanforda j The Alabama State Flag w»s designed by John W. A. Sanford, Jr. with suggestions from the late coi-?, onei John W. A. Sanford, a Con* l« ] federate soldier, a distinguished ] j scholarly gentleman of tin old school and able jurist. The state flag was designed to preserve some of the distinctive features of the I, | Confederate battle flag—-particular ly the St. Andrews cross. This being true the Alabama state flag should be square and in all ©f itslines of measurement conform tothe Confederate battle flag. Therefore, the prone- size for the -* i:flag would be fifty-one inche* square, with the arm* of St. Andrew's cross eight and one-halt inches wide extending diagonally h’ | across the flag from side to side the ends of the bars dividing equally at each corner. The white ine-tijsgJ the flag was emblematic of purityof purpose; the red emblem of courage.The Alabama state flag was designed at the home of Colonel John VV, A. Sanford—-where the author he|of the flag bill made his horn 535 South Hull street (corner Hull and Grovel, Montgom y,Ala„ now owusd by Mr. JohnBradford.The first Alabama Mate flag—-the model—was made by Mrs John W* A. Sanford, Jr., wife of th*» author of the bill—-who f* nowliving.This mode! whs made of whitedomestic and red oiled calico. Itwas unfurled In the hous» of rep. lctentatives when Mr. Sanford in trod need hi* bill.For years the model of the stateflag was safely kept in the homewhere it had its birth. As timewent on it was lost—no one knows when or how.Hhould not Alabama mark the birthplace of the flag of Aiabamat■m
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Anniston Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Sun, Dec 14, 1924
Page 5
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