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Date Original
1912
Description
Color drawing of a green, white, and yellow striped flag with red apple blossom in the center.
Biographical/Historical Note
Early in 1912, the Pine Bluff Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) decided to present a "stand of colors" to the new U.S.S. Arkansas battleship, which would include a United States flag, a naval battalion flag, and an Arkansas flag. The Arkansas Secretary of State, Earle W. Hodges, informed the DAR group that Arkansas had no state flag, which led the Pine Bluff Chapter of the DAR to immediately launch a movement to obtain one. Through the newspapers, they asked that designs be submitted to Secretary of State Hodges, who agreed to appoint a committee to select an official flag. Sixty-five separate designs were considered by Hodges' committee. The design chosen was the work of Willie Kavanaugh Hocker of Wabbaseka, Arkansas, a member of the Pine Bluff Chapter, DAR. The Arkansas General Assembly passed a resolution on February 26, 1913, affirming the choice of the committee. The Arkansas State Archives holds 43 of the submitted designs.
Physical Description
Document (portion of), 7" x 4.75"
Subjects
Flags--United States--States; Drawing--Competitions
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000839, Flag 33
Resource Type
Image
Collection
Arkansas State Flag Competition entries, MS.000839
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
John R. Fordyce design 4, Arkansas State Flag Competition entries, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
Cultural History | Political History | United States History
Additional Content
Keywords
Flags--United States--States; Drawing--Competitions
