Early in 1912 the Pine Bluff Chapter, 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. Secretary of State Earle W. Hodges informed the DAR group that Arkansas had no state flag, which led the Pine Bluff Chapter 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, 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.
Description
This flag has three wide diagonal stripes, a center white stripe flanked by a red stripe on either side. In the center of the middle white stripe is "ARK" in red.
Physical Description
One color drawing
Subjects
Drawings; Competition drawings; State flags;
Local Identifier
Flag09
Digital Resource
Image
Digital Collection
Arkansas Flags
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Preferred Citation
Red and White Ark Flag, Flag09, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas
