Oaklawn raises new Arkansas flag to celebrate US’ 250th anniversary

Oaklawn is the home to the first flag to be raised in the state honoring the United States semiquincentennial. It was raised ...
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Oaklawn Park unveils flag commemorating 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs hosted the unveiling of the America’s 250th flag. Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester led the ...
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All 50 U.S. State Flags and the Meanings Behind Them

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive ...
Southwest Times Record

Fort Smith hosts Arkansas’s lone stop for Sojourn 250 flag tour

The Stars and Stripes Sojourn 250 campaign involves a single American flag traveling to every U.S. state, territory, and military cemetery overseas. The flag's journey will conclude in Washington, D.C ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Wabbaseka to host centennial celebration of the state flag

Wabbaseka will host the 100th-year celebration of the Arkansas State Flag. at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wabbaseka City Park. Wabbaseka will honor Willie K. Hocker, Arkansas flag designer from Wabbaseka.