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The Burnet Flag used from December 1836 to January 1839 as the national flag until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag, and as the war flag from January 25, 1839, to December 29, 1845 [3] Naval ensign of the Texas Navy from 1836–1839 until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag [3] The Lone Star Flag became the national flag on January 25, 1839 (more or less identical to modern state flag) [3]
The "Jane Long Flag" - the first flag of the Long Republic, and the first uniquely Texan lone star flag The Long Expedition was an 1819 attempt to take control of Spanish Texas by filibusters . It was led by James Long and successfully established a small independent government, known as the Republic of Texas (distinct from the later Republic ...
Texas Declares Independence. Austin and Tanner map of Texas in 1836 Detail of the Republic of Texas from the Lizars map of Mexico and Guatemala, circa 1836. March 2 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 58 delegates at an assembly at Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Republic of Texas is declared. [1]
English: The first official flag of the Republic of Texas, designed by General Lorenzo de Zavala, adopted by the Convention held at Washington-on-the-Brazos, May 11, 1836, shortly after the victory at San Jacinto. This flag had a blue field with a white five-pointed star in its center. Around the star were the letters T-E-X-A-S.
Zavala Flag This flag was the first official flag of the Republic of Texas designed by Texas Constitutional delegate, Lorenzo de Zavala, being in use as early as March 1836 which would have been the last official flag of the Texian Army.
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 ...
Description. Flag of the Republic of Texas (1836–1839).svg. English: The Burnet Flag, used from December 10, 1836 to January 25, 1839 as the national flag of the Republic of Texas. It was replaced by the currently used "Lone Star Flag". According to C. E. Gilbert in "A Concise History of Early Texas: As told by its 30 historic flags," this ...
The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Although the uprising was part of a larger one, the Mexican Federalist War, [citation needed] that included other ...