News; Alabama state flag: Vestige of the Civil War back in news after Charleston shooting. Published: ; Jun. 22, 2015, 8:14 p.m.

In addition, three other Civil War-era flags were also taken down. Bentley acted to remove “a distraction from other state issues,” a spokeswoman said in an e-mail Wednesday morning.

A flag marking Alabama's seceding from the United States prior to the Civil War has replaced a Confederate flag outside the Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville on Nov. 12, 2020. (Paul Gattis ...

The coat of arms was designed during the Jim Crow era to include the Confederate flag. Underneath the shield is the state’s motto: “We dare defend our rights,” written in Latin.

Here are the 50 official state flags in the U.S., from Alabama to Wyoming, ... During the Civil War, the Calvert coat of arms represented the people of Maryland who wanted to remain in the Union.

Alabama. S ince 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. ... Florida was the first Southern state to adopt a flag after the Civil War, ...

and knowing, dare maintain.” “We Dare Defend our Rights” is the state’s second motto. “Here We Rest” was in place from after the Civil War for about 70 years.