Other Southern State Flags With Confederate Elements-- Part 2: Alabama, Arkansas and Florida Tennessee?)

ALABAMA, 1895

The St. Andrew's cross is a widely used  symbol, so the use on the Alabama flag might be a mere coincidence.  However, in 1915, the Alabama Official and Statistical Review , said, the flag "was intended  by the [state] Legislature to preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive features of the Confederate battle flag, particularly the St. Andrew's cross."

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ARKANSAS, 1924

Though the Arkansas flag  is, overall, a cousin of  the Confederate battle flag,  it was actually designed in 1912 by a young woman from the town of Wannaseka.

According to the Arkansas state historian, the diamond represents the Arkansas diamond mine,  and the three star grouping inside the diamond represent the three nations Arkansas has belonged to:  Spain, France and the United States.

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FLORIDA,  1900

Before 1899, Florida's flag  was just the state's seal on a white background.  That year, voters  agreed to add the St. Andrew's cross to the flag.

Coincidence?  The change was first proposed by  then-governor Francis P. Flemming, a staunch secessionist who had fought in the Confederate 2nd Florida Regiment during the war and was very active in veterans groups afterwards.

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And, something might be said about Tennessee's flag.

I wonder when the SPLC will come out with their hit list.

These State Flags, No Doubt, Will Be the Next to be Changed.  --RoadDog