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Reminiscent
of
Alabama's State Flag and the red "X" of the
Confederate States of America, the Florida State
Flag displays two diagonal red bars on a white
field. The official state specifications
indicate: "The State Flag shall comform with
standard commercial sizes and be of the
following portions and descriptions: "The seal
of the state, in diameter one-half the hoist,
shall occupy the center of a white ground. Red
bars, in width one-fifth the hoist, shall extend
from each corner towards the center, to the
outer rim of the seal."
The
State Seal on the flag features a Native
American Seminole woman scattering flowers, a
steamboat, a cabbage palmetto tree and a
brilliant sun. Florida is thusly represented as
the land of sunshine, flowers, palm trees,
rivers and lakes... "la Florida"
If you
want more information on the State Flags of the
United States, you might want to check
How Proudly They Wave: Flags of the Fifty
States by Rita D. Haban. This book is
geared toward kids... and for adults like me who
want to know about the history and design
significance of the flags of all fifty states
but can't find this information in an expensive
encyclopedia. |