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According to the book Flags Over California, published by the California Military Department, the star on the flag recalled the 1836 California Lone Star Flag. Todd, in an 1878 letter to the Los Angeles Express, states that the star was drawn using blackberry juice and in recognition of the California Lone Star Flag. The bear was designed to be ...
California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the ...
The raising of the Bear Flag and proclamation of the California Republic in Sonoma, following the Bear Flag Revolt on June 14, 1846. Rumors that the Californio government in California was planning to arrest and deport many of the new residents as they had in 1844 led to a degree of uncertainty.
A weathered American flag outside 66-year-old Napoleon Fuller's Menifee, California home connected him with a Vietnam veteran. That connection gave him a renewed sense of pride.
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The U.S. flag is usually flown at full staff on Flag Day, though a president or state governor issues a proclamation to fly it at half staff. People are also reading: Flags are half-staff in Texas ...
The first flag was designed by city historian Clyde Arbuckle. The flag was a white field with a gold and blue border, with the gold surrounding the blue, and a white border on the very outside of the flag. In the middle of the flag is the city's seal. The text "SAN JOSE’ CALIFORNIA" is above the seal and "FOUNDED 1777" is below.
Flag Day marks the day, 246 years ago, when Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes as our national American flag. Here's how to display a U.S. flag.