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According to C. E. Gilbert in "A Concise History of Early Texas: As told by its 30 historic flags," this flag was adopted by a resolution of the First Congress, enacted and signed by Ira Ingram, speaker of the House and Richard Ellis, president pro tem of the Senate on December 10, 1836 and signed by president Sam Houston.
English: Although this flag was not historically flown at the Battle of the Alamo, it has become a symbol of the Texas fight for freedom and independence. The Mexican Flag is 4x7. As a result, I set the ratio of this flag to the same. I set the "1824" at 5/7 the fly width of each stripe. The height is 1/6.
Detail of a map showing the Republic of Texas by William Home Lizars, 1836 Map of the Republic of Texas by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1838 Map of the Republic of Texas and the Adjacent Territories by C.F. Cheffins, 1841. Sam Houston was elected as the new President of the Republic of Texas on September 5, 1836. [25]
"The Alamo Flag", 1835–1836 – Created in 1835, this flag was a reference to the Mexican constitution of 1824, in support of which the Texas rebels were fighting; supposedly flew at the Alamo 1836 – Brown Flag of Independence, possibly the "Bloody arm flag" reported to have accompanied the Dodson flag at the Texas Declaration of Independence
The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States.It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which American folk heroes James Bowie and Davy Crockett were killed. [4]
Nofi, Albert A. (1992), The Alamo and the Texas War of Independence, September 30, 1835 to April 21, 1836: Heroes, Myths, and History, Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, Inc., ISBN 0-938289-10-1; Petite, Mary Deborah (1999), 1836 Facts about the Alamo and the Texas War for Independence, Mason City, IA: Savas Publishing Company, ISBN 1-882810-35-X
Nofi, Albert A. (1992), The Alamo and the Texas War of Independence, September 30, 1835 to April 21, 1836: Heroes, Myths, and History, Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, Inc., ISBN 0-938289-10-1 Schoelwer, Susan Prendergast (1985), Alamo Images: Changing Perceptions of a Texas Experience , Dallas, TX: The DeGlolyer Library and Southern Methodist ...
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