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 The
battleship U.S.S. Arkansas was to be commissioned and the Pine
Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
voted to present an Arkansas State Flag to the ship. The
committee dutifully sent a letter off to Secretary of State
Earl W. Hodges to learn more about the Arkansas State flag.
They received a reply to their letter explaining that there
was no Arkansas State flag.
The Pine Bluff Daughters
decided that this Arkansas State flag situation had to be corrected and sponsored
an Arkansas State flag design contest. Secretary of State,
Hodges chaired the committee to select the Arkansas State flag
design and chose a distinguished group to assist him: Dr. Junius Jordan, the Chairman of Philosophy and Pedagogy at the
University of Arkansas; Mrs. Julia McAlmont Noel, a member of
the John McAlmont chapter of the D.A.R. in Pine Bluff; Miss
Julia Warner, a teacher in the Little Rock school system, and
Mrs. P.H. Ellsworth, a former president of the Arkansas
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Sixty-five Arkansas State flag entries were received in
different formats, from crayon drawings to miniature silk
flags. Many of the Arkansas State flag entries featured the
state flower, the Apple Blossom, in different settings. The
entry chosen was a red, white and blue Arkansas State flag design by Miss Willie Hocker of Wabbaseka, a member of the Pine Bluff chapter of the
D.A.R., where the idea for the contest originated.
The Arkansas State flag design depicted a large white
diamond bordered by twenty-five stars on a blue band. A
straight line of three blue stars was centered in the diamond.
The Arkansas State flag committee thought the state's name
should be on the Arkansas State flag. Miss Hocker agreed
and suggested that the blue stars be re-arranged with one star
above the name and two below on the Arkansas State flag.
The Arkansas Legislature adopted Miss Hocker's design
as the official Arkansas State flag. The U.S.S. Arkansas
received this Arkansas State flag from the Pine Bluff chapter
of the D.A.R....
Wait!... There's more.
Trouble was brewing. The
Arkansas State flag design committee had neglected to consider
the role of Arkansas as a member of the Confederate States of
America from 1861 to 1865. To correct this, in 1923 the
Legislature voted to add another star to the Arkansas State
flag, above the state name. This fourth star was placed above
the letter "R" in Arkansas and the original star above the
name was moved to a position above the last "A" in Arkansas.
This time an uproar came
from those who claimed the addition of the fourth star
compromised the original meaning and symmetry of the Arkansas
State flag design. So, in 1924, the Arkansas Legislature
addressed the design of the Arkansas State flag again. The
original three stars were moved below the state name and the
additional star was centered above the state name. This is the
way the Arkansas State flag is today. |
