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	Flags of the DeWitt Colony
		The flag was approved at Columbia 10 Dec 1836 and was in use as a naval flag as late as 1839.
		A simplification of the Zavala flag, the Burnet Lone Star flag, sometimes referred to as the second official flag of the Texas Republic, was essentially the left part of the Burnet naval flag with a gold star and the Zavala flag with the white star colored gold without the lettering around the star.
		In addition to the Burnet naval flag and the Burnet second flag of the Republic, the earliest surviving replica of the contemporary banner is from the Sink's scrapbook of the 1840's.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/dewittflgs2.htm (3181 words)

	The Six Flags of Texas
		This flag consisted of a blue perpendicular stripe of the width of one-third of the whole length of the flag with a white star of five points in the center thereof, and two horizontal stripes of equal breadth, the upper stripe white, the lower red, of the length of two-thirds of the whole flag.
		The Texas flag should be on the marching left in a procession in which the flag of the United States is carried; it's staff should be behind the staff of the flag of the United States when the two are displayed with crossed staffs.
		A pledge to the Texas flag was adopted by the 43rd Legislature and from 1933 until 1965 that pledge was used.
	www.lone-star.net /mall/txtrails/flag.htm (770 words)

	Texas (U.S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The state flag is the 1839 national flag of the Republic of Texas.
		The Republic of Texas was the name of Texas before it joined the Union and the current flag was the legal national flag from 10 December 1836 until 25 January 1839 (that's why the "Republic of Texas" proponents use it).
		Texas has had two naval ensigns, the 1824 green-white-red flag adopted in 1835 and the 1836 13 red-and-white striped flag with a white lone star in the blue canton.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us-tx.html (1307 words)

	Flag of Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This flag was introduced to the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 28, 1838, by Senator William H. Wharton.
		It was adopted on January 24, 1839 as the final national flag of the Republic of Texas.
		Texas law assigns the following symbolism to the colors of the Texas flag: blue stands for loyalty, white for purity, and red for bravery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Texas (624 words)

	Texas Flag Code
		As with the flag of the United States, the blue stands for loyalty, the white represents strength, and the red is for bravery.
		When the state flag is carried in a procession in which the United States flag is carried, the United States flag should be on the marching right, that is, the United States flag's right, and the state flag should be on the United States flag's left.
		When the state flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, white stripe first, from the building.
	www.texaspolicecentral.com /texflg.html (2094 words)

	Flags Of The Confederacy
		This was merely due to the fact that Texas was first created as an independent republic in March of 1836 and the "Lone Star Flag" as it became known was the final adopted flag of the Republic of Texas.
		With the secession of Texas in 1861 from a union it had so joyfully entered in 1845, it is a bit surprising that the Lone Star state flag was not taken up by many of the forming state units who instead exhibited a wide variety of independent flag designs.
		It might also be noted that, as a result of the great immigration into Texas in the period between 1845 and 1861, a large percentage of the 1861 population were not in Texas at the end of the Republic in 1845.
	www.confederateflags.org /states/FOTCtexas.htm (908 words)

	Texas Almanac 2006-2007 \| TexasAlmanac.com \| Flags & Other Symbols
		A pledge to the Texas flag was adopted by the 43rd Legislature.
		The pledge to the Texas flag may be recited at all public and private meetings at which the pledge of allegiance to the national flag is recited and at state historical events and celebrations.
		Texas blue topaz, the state gem of Texas, is found in the Llano uplift area in Central Texas, especially west to northwest of Mason.
	www.texasalmanac.com /texasflags_2000.htm (2426 words)

	Texas House of Representatives
		The official flag of Texas was adopted in session by the Third Congress of the Republic of Texas in Houston, January 25, 1839, on motion of William H. Wharton, Oliver Jones and others.
		The Texas flag is the only flag of an American State having previously served as a flag of a recognized independent country.
		The flag of the 1821 era is sometimes represented with the coat-of-arms enclosed by a wreath of laurel and oak.
	www.house.state.tx.us /resources/flag/history.htm (776 words)

	Early Texas Historical Flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Under this flag Texas was recognized as a sovereign and independent nation, a status it enjoyed for nine years.
		The 1824 on the flag was a reminder to the Mexican army of the treaty of 1824.
		Texas was declared a province of Mexico, which by this time had declared its independence from Spain.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/flags/eaglemt2.htm (564 words)

	Texas
		That heritage is manifested in the flags of Texas.
		This flag was flown by the defiant citizens of Gonzales, Texas in November, 1835.
		The flag is a Mexican National flag with the national seal removed from the center and replaced with the year of the Constitution.
	members.tripod.com /~txscv/texas.htm (473 words)

	Flags of the Republic of Texas
		A committee of five delegates, all signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, was selected, and their choice for a new flag was approved by the convention on May 11th, 1836.
		On March 3rd, 1837, the Republic of Texas, under this flag, was recognized by the United States of America as a sovereign and independent nation.
		On December 29th, 1844 Texas was admitted to the United States and the flag of the Republic of Texas became the state flag.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /texas/flags-republic-texas.htm (1098 words)

	State flag description - Texas State Library
		The Texas state flag is the 1839 national flag of the Republic of Texas.
		The state flag is a rectangle that has a width to length ratio of two to three.
		According to The Handbook of Texas Online, "The Lone Star Flag was adopted by the Texas Congress in 1839...Senator William H. Wharton introduced a bill on December 28, 1838, containing the flag's design, and the bill was referred to a committee consisting of Senator Oliver Jones and two unnamed senators.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /ref/abouttx/flagdes.html (353 words)

	Free Republic
		Believing that the best defense is a strong offense, we (myself and those whom I'm trying to attract to FR) support the strategy of taking the fight to the enemy as opposed to allowing the enemy the luxury of conducting their attacks on us at home on their terms and on their schedule...
		Opinions expressed on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Free Republic or its operators.
		Free Republic does not advocate violence, rebellion, secession, or an overthrow of the government.
	www.freerepublic.com /help.htm (1639 words)

	Texas Flag Statutes
		(f) When the state flag is displayed on a staff, the staff should be at least 2- 1/2 times as long as the flag's hoist, and the state flag should be attached to the staff's peak.
		The state flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.
		The state flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
	www.texasbob.com /texdoc9.html (2476 words)

	Presidio La Bahia - Under Nine Flags
		The Republican Army of the North declared Texas to be a republic, independent of Spain.
		This was the flag flown at La Bahia during the this period.
		The officals of the Republic of Texas retired and the officals of the State of Texas were installed.
	www.presidiolabahia.org /under_nine_flags.htm (1078 words)

	14 Flags Over Oklahoma
		The flag of the Spanish Empire became the fourth flag, when in 1763 France gave all the country west of the Mississippi to Spain in the Treaty of Paris.
		It was the flag of the Republic of Texas and flew over the area that included the Panhandle when Texas declared independence from Mexico.
		This flag is red and has a five-pointed white star in the middle with the figure 46 in blue in the middle of the star.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ok/state/flags.html (912 words)

	Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas
		English-speaking settlers and filibusters from the United States hoisted different banners as symbols of their self-declared "republics." The flag of the "Texan Republic" that James Long attempted to establish circa 1819-20 had 13 red and white horizontal stripes and a white star on a red canton.
		The republic's naval flag resembled the banner displayed by James Long in 1819, except that the canton was blue rather than red.
		The present state flag was originally adopted on January 25, 1839, as the second national flag of the Republic of Texas.
	www.merriam-webster.com /cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?texas (383 words)

	Historical Texas Flags (U.S.)
		The mythical pictures of the Mexican flag with the "1824" - the date of the Mexican Constitution that the Anglo settlers were fighting for was basically a flag of attempted reconciliation.
		The basis for this was the flag of the West Florida Republic of 1810.
		The national standard served as the Texas flag for all purposes except for the navy until the adoption of the Lone Star flag in 1839.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us-txhs2.html (574 words)

	Dallas Historical Society - Texas History Items: Mexican Battle Flag
		This flag is said to be Santa Anna's Headquarter's flag, captured at the Battle of San Jacinto by Major Henry Percy Brewster.
		The flag was kept at the McKee residence "Hill of Howth" in Boligee, Alabama, for almost a century, until Gould's heirs transferred it to the possession of D.K.Caldwell of Tyler.
		The flag was acquired by the Dallas Historical Society on April 21, 1949.
	www.dallashistory.org /history/texas/battle_flag.htm (232 words)

	Texas flag store, History, Download Pictures, Buy Flags
		This flag was adopted on January 24, 1839 as the final national flag of the Republic of Texas.
		An urban legend maintains that Texas negotiated a special agreement with the United States on becoming a state under which the Texas flag would be the only state flag to have equal status with the flag of the United States.
		This is only an urban legend; the Texas flag law requires that the flag of the United States be given precedence over the Lone Star flag in the same way as it is over any other state flag.
	www.texasflag.us (218 words)

	Maps of Texas
		All the flags are professionally framed in barn wood and measure approximately 41"W x 30"H, except the Dodson Flag, which is 42 1/2"W x 18"H. All of the flags pictured here are authentic flags that were antiqued using natural dyes and then framed in recycled weathered wood.
		Unfurled at Velasco in January of 1836 and carried to Goliad by Colonel Fannin, it was raised as the national flag of the Republic of Texas.
		The first flag of the Texas Republic was designed in 1836 shortly after the Battle of San Jacinto.
	www.mapsoftexas.com /flags1.htm (359 words)

	SSC - TEKS and TAKS - TEKS Glossary - Kindergarten
		The Republic adopted a flag on December 10, 1836, but later, in 1839, approved the Lone Star flag as the official flag of the Republic of Texas.
		When Texas became the twenty-eighth state in the United States in 1845, the flag of the United States was added but the Lone Star flag remained the official state flag.
		The flag of the Confederacy flew from 1861 until June 1, 1865, at which time President Andrew Johnson announced that the state was re-admitted to the union and the flag of the United States of America replaced the flag of the Confederacy.
	www.tea.state.tx.us /ssc/teks_and_taas/teks/glosskinder.htm (1079 words)

	Texas Treasures - Early Statehood - Texas State Library
		From annexation in 1845 to secession from the Union in 1861, early Texas statehood was marked by some of the mightiest issues of any age.
		Texas was one of the final frontiers of the expansion of slavery.
		When the smoke cleared, Texas and the national government were in conflict over the state's claim to a large portion of New Mexico.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/earlystate/index.html (272 words)

	state flag - Georgia state flag, South Carolina, Texas, state flags
		The Texas state flag was adopted in 1839 at the national flag of the Republic of Texas.
		In 1845, the Lone Star Flag was adopted as the Texas state flag when TX became the 28th state of the United States - it remains as the Texas state flag today.
		The South Carolina state flag is one of the oldest state flags still in use.
	www.seidelflags.com /state_flags.html (492 words)

	Gallery of The Republic : Austin, Texas
		The handcrafted historic flag recreations produced in our gallery adorn the offices and boardrooms of distinguished Texans and are displayed in the Texas State Capitol, Bullock Texas State History Museum, Universities and Court Houses throughout the state.
		The flags carried in the fight for a free Texas and the independent Republic of Texas shine as hallmarks for the can-do spirit known throughtout the world as uniquely Texan.
		The Gallery of the Republic also specializes in vintage maps of Texas that trace the history from the earliest explorers though the proud years of the Republic of Texas to the dynamic early years of Statehood.
	www.galleryoftherepublic.com (277 words)

	These United States - Texas Flags
		Perhaps the greatest distinction of the Texas state flag is the degree to which it is loved by those over whom it flies.
		Today's flag first flew as the national flag of the Republic of Texas; it was officially adopted in 1839.
		The legislation to adopt the Lone Star as the national flag of the Republic of Texas was proposed before the Third Congress of the Republic by William Wharton.
	www.theseunitedstates.com /flags/texasf.html (253 words)

	Holze Ranch Designs - Waco, Texas
		This flag, although it never saw general use, remained the national flag of TEXAS until January 25, 1839, when the current Lone Star flag replaced it as the national standard.
		The stripes were to represent the original thirteen colonies of the U.S. This flag became the semi-official de facto flag of the TEXAS Revolution on land as well as on sea, and has been thought to have flown at the Alamo.
		This is the one flag that is certain to have flown at the Alamo.
	www.ranchdesigns.com /history.htm (1322 words)

	TPWD: Presidio La Bahía: Goliad's 250th Birthday Bash Webcast
		Spain's claim to Texas might be said to have begun when Columbus made his discovery in 1492 and claimed the land as New Spain.
		Several designs were proposed but on January 25, 1839 the well known Lone Star of Texas was adopted by an act of Congress and approved by President Mirabeau Lamar to be the official flag of the Republic of Texas.
		The officials of the Republic of Texas retired and the officials of the State of Texas were installed.
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /learning/webcasts/goliad/presidio.phtml (917 words)

	Bonnie Blue Flag
		Originally used as the banner for the Republic of West Florida in a revolt against Spain (16 September to 10 December 1810) it later became the flag for the Republic of Texas (10 December 1836 - 25 January 1839).
		It was the unofficial flag of Mississippi in 1861 when they decided to break with the United States and form the Republic of Mississippi.
		It was never officially adopted by the Confederate Government but the concept of a lone star flag remains visible even today in the flags of the area.
	www.ultimateflags.com /usahist/bonnie_blue.html (185 words)

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