Arkansas

Extensively designed to fly on the USS Arkansas in 1912, a competition was held by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to find a suitable design. The flag has evolved gradually since that time, with revisions having taken place as recently as 2011.

The large diamond represents the only diamond resource in the USA (at the time of design), the 28 stars around the border as Arkansas is the 28th state, and ‘ARKANSAS’ was added just to hammer the point home. The stars in the centre have various meanings (mainly in relation to the Lousiana Purchase) but the solitary star above ‘Arkansas’ is a salute to Arkansas’ time as part of the Confederacy.