Washington, D.C.’s flag is based on President George Washington’s family coat of arms. Neither Washington D.C. nor London are independent city-states, and we found nothing to substantiate ...

The coat of arms was designed during the Jim Crow era to include the Confederate flag. Underneath the shield is the state’s motto: “We dare defend our rights,” written in Latin.

Along with the Confederate flag, Alabama’s coat of arms features a shield with the flags of three countries that held territory in what later became Alabama: Great Britain, France and Spain.

The coat of arms was designed during the Jim Crow era to include the Confederate flag. Underneath the shield is the state’s motto: “We dare defend our rights,” written in Latin.

Meghan’s family, and in particular her father, Thomas, will receive a family coat of arms, which is traditionally given to the father of the bride before a royal wedding.

The state coat of arms was designed in 1923 and officially adopted by the Alabama Legislature in 1939, according to the Alabama Department of Archives and History.