The Arkansas state flag displays a white diamond
on a red field. The white diamond is a bordered by a band of blue containing
twenty-five stars. The Arkansas state flag has the state name centered in
the diamond. Three stars are placed below the state name and one is centered
above the state name. The colors of the Arkansas state flag, red, white, and
blue associate the state with the USA. The three stars below the name
represent the three countries the territory belonged to the year Arkansas
was acquired by the US as part of the Louisiana Purchase and that Arkansas
was the third state created from the purchase. Additionally on the Arkansas
state flag, the two stars below represent the twin states, Arkansas and
Michigan, both admitted to the Union at about the same time. The single star
above the state name represents Arkansas' membership in the Confederate
States of America. Twenty-five stars in the blue band represent Arkansas as
the twenty-fifth state admitted to the union. The diamond signifies Arkansas
as the only diamond producing state in the nation.
