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The state flag is officially described by law as: a rectangle that: (1) has a width to length ratio of two to three; and (2) contains: (A) one blue vertical stripe that has a width equal to one-third the length of the flag; (B) two equal horizontal stripes, the upper stripe white, the lower stripe red, each having a length equal to two-thirds the length of the flag; and (C) one white, regular ...
Date designated Image Motto "Friendship" 1930 [1] [2] Nickname "The Lone Star State" [1] Flag: The Lone Star Flag [1] June 30, 1839 National seal: Seal of the Republic of Texas: January 25, 1839 State seal: Seal of Texas: December 29, 1845 Reverse of the seal August 26, 1961 National coat of arms: Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas January ...
The idea for a city flag was first brought up to San Antonio commissioners by Arthur J. Storms, a Shriner from Alzafar Temple, on January 18, 1917. [4] The first flag's design was a white field with a blue silhouette of Texas, with "SAN ANTONIO" written in white within the border. An Alamo illustration was placed roughly on the location of the ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:35, 3 February 2024: 900 × 600 (594 bytes): Undertiago: Made the star exact + corrected the position of the star (in previous version wasn't centered correctly in the vertical axis) + changed dimesions and ViewBox to 900x600 as they are the de facto proportions for 2:3 ratio flags
The single most important day of the 20th century was 79 years ago on June 6, 1944, during the pinnacle of World War II. It will forever be remembered as D-Day, but the official code name was ...
The "Bonnie Blue flag" was a banner associated at various times with the Republic of Texas, the short-lived Republic of West Florida, and the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has held numerous border security briefings at the park since state officials seized control of it. At one of them, he recently announced plans to build an 80-acre military ...
We can date Flag Day's importance all the way back to 1777, when the Continental Congress passed a resolution that stated America must have an official flag to represent the nation and its' people ...