calsfoundation@cals.org
March 5, 2009
Shown here is the design of the state flag as adopted by the Arkansas General Assembly on February 26, 1913. The approved flag was a modification of a design submitted by Willie Kavanaugh Hocker, which simply had three blue stars centered in a line in the white diamond field. The official flag, now including the state’s name, was presented to the newly commissioned ship, the USS Arkansas.