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 flag of Arkansas consists of a red base with a white diamond in the center that is bordered in blue. There are 25, white, five-pointed stars in the blue border. In the center of the white diamond the word 'Arkansas' is written and there is one blue, five-pointed star above it and three more below it.
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.
Miss Willie Hocker designed the state flag of Arkansas as part of a flag contest in 1913. Arkansas's state nickname is the Natural State. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 and this transaction was called the Louisiana Purchase. Arkansas was the third state to be created from that land.
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 flag of Arkansas consists of a red base with a white diamond in the center that is bordered in blue. There are 25, white, five-pointed stars in the blue border. In the center of the white diamond the word 'Arkansas' is written and there is one blue, five-pointed star above it and three more below it.
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.
Miss Willie Hocker designed the state flag of Arkansas as part of a flag contest in 1913. Arkansas's state nickname is the Natural State. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 and this transaction was called the Louisiana Purchase. Arkansas was the third state to be created from that land.
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.