The Arkansas flag was created in 1913 when the Battleship U.S.S. Arkansas was commissioned. The Daughters of the American Revolution discovered that there was no state flag to present to ship with (presenting a flag to ships was traditional). They decided to hold a flag designing competition. Miss Willie Hocker of Wabbaseka designed the winning flag which looked much like the flag we fly today. The original flag was a white diamond on a red field bordered by twenty-five white stars on a blue band.
The Arkansas flag was adopted by the Legislature or Arkansas and there are certain rules that delineate the description, display, policies and distribution of the flag. The Arkansas Flag can be described as a rectangular field of red, with a white diamond in its center. Bordering the diamond is a blue band that contains 25 stars.
They represented the three countries that Arkansas had been a part of (Spain, France, and the United States), the date of the Louisiana purchase which made Arkansas part of the US (1803) and the fact that Arkansas was the 3rd state created from the Louisiana purchase land. The 25 stars on the flag designated Arkansas as the 25th state of the Union. Hocker modified the flag several times before it was ratified as the official flag.
However, before it was ratified the flag had to be modified once again because there was no representation that Arkansas had been a part of the confederacy on it. The legislature eventually added a fourth star to represent the confederacy. The single solitary star above the name represents the confederacy.
The 25 stars on all sides of the diamond signify that Arkansas was the 25th state to become a member of the Union. The central diamond is a representation of the fact that Arkansas was the only location in North America where the discovery of diamonds had been possible. According to the history of Arkansas Flag, the current description of the flag was modeled after Miss Hocker's design.
There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Arkansas flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Arkansas flag for the future.
The Arkansas flag was adopted by the Legislature or Arkansas and there are certain rules that delineate the description, display, policies and distribution of the flag. The Arkansas Flag can be described as a rectangular field of red, with a white diamond in its center. Bordering the diamond is a blue band that contains 25 stars.
They represented the three countries that Arkansas had been a part of (Spain, France, and the United States), the date of the Louisiana purchase which made Arkansas part of the US (1803) and the fact that Arkansas was the 3rd state created from the Louisiana purchase land. The 25 stars on the flag designated Arkansas as the 25th state of the Union. Hocker modified the flag several times before it was ratified as the official flag.
However, before it was ratified the flag had to be modified once again because there was no representation that Arkansas had been a part of the confederacy on it. The legislature eventually added a fourth star to represent the confederacy. The single solitary star above the name represents the confederacy.
The 25 stars on all sides of the diamond signify that Arkansas was the 25th state to become a member of the Union. The central diamond is a representation of the fact that Arkansas was the only location in North America where the discovery of diamonds had been possible. According to the history of Arkansas Flag, the current description of the flag was modeled after Miss Hocker's design.
There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Arkansas flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Arkansas flag for the future.
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