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44 Things to Love About Alabama: All those flags in Alabama — a brief history

USA? No. That’s not right.

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Ed Note: This one was a lot of fun to do. It’s very tongue-in-cheek and emphatically full of sarcasm and dry humor. So, don’t go sending me hate mail or have a conniption fit about the presence of a “confederate flag”...or even the real Confederate flag.

You’re free to make fun of the Spaniards and French to your heart’s delight, though.

Alabama is a reasonably old state — the 22nd one admitted to the union, way back in 1819.