Coat of arms of Alabama

Coat of arms of Alabama
Coat of Arms of the State of Alabama
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Armiger State of Alabama
Adopted March 14, 1939 (by State Legislature)
Motto Audemus jura nostra defendere

The coat of arms of Alabama depicts a shield upon which is carried the symbols of the five nations which have at various times held sovereignty over a part or the whole of what is now Alabama. These are the coat of arms of France, the ancient coat of arms of Spain--Castile quartering León, the Union Flag of the United Kingdom and the battle flag of the Confederate States of America. On an escutcheon of pretence is borne the shield of the United States. The crest of the coat represents a ship (the "Badine") which brought the French colonists who established the first permanent European settlements in the state. Below is the state motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere, meaning "We dare defend our rights."

The bill to adopt a state coat of arms was introduced in the Alabama Legislature of 1939 by James Simpson, Jefferson County, and was passed without a dissenting vote by both houses.[1]

The original design of the Alabama coat of arms was made in 1923 by B.J. Tieman, New York, an authority on heraldry, at the request of Marie Bankhead Owen, Director of the Department of Archives and History. A few years later Naomi Rabb Winston, Washington, DC, painted the completed design in oil. Mrs. Owen selected the motto which was put into Latin by Professor W.B. Saffold, of the University of Alabama. It was through the influence of Juliet Perry Dixon, wife of Governor Dixon, that official action was taken by the Legislature.[1]

Use

Besides being used by itself, the coat of arms is used on many governmental seals of the State, as well as the flag of the Governor of Alabama.

  • Flag of the Governor of Alabama

  • Seal of the Governor of Alabama

  • Seal of the Governor-Elect of Alabama

  • Seal of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

  • Seal of the Alabama Department of Public Health

  • Seal of the Alabama Department of Public Safety

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Alabama Department of Archives and History". http://www.archives.state.al.us. 

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