ALABAMA

The flag of Alabama was adopted by Act 383 of the Alabama state legislature on February 16, 1895.It is believed that the crimson saltire of the Flag of Alabama was designed to resemble the blue saltire of the Confederate Battle Flag. The Battle Flag was square-shaped, and Alabama's flag is sometimes shown as a square. Some hold that it owes its origin as a simplification of the Cross of Burgundy Flag used by the Spanish in New Spain, particularly in Spanish Florida.