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The flag of Texas was designed and adopted on 25 January 1839 ; whereas Chile's flag was adopted 28 years earlier on 18 October 1817.
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flag and Texas
* It is often stated that the Texas flag is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the American flag, because of Texas's former status as a nation.
The logo was an abstract depiction of a bull's head, split in such a way to resemble the flag of Texas, including a lone star to stand for the eye, the five points of which representing pride, courage, strength, tradition and independence.
However, the Confederate territorial government continued to operate out of Texas, and Confederate troops marched under the Arizona flag until the end of the war.
The cannon and flag were inspired by the Battle of Gonzales ( 1835 ), an event which is seen by many as sparking the Texas Revolution.
Montgomery county is officially the birthplace of the Texas flag.
The flag of the U. S. state of Texas is similar to the Chilean flag.
* 1685-1690 France plants its flag on Texas soil, but departs after only five years.
In 1860, after the election of Abraham Lincoln to the American presidency, Navarro County in protest lowered the American flag from the courthouse and instead hoisted the Texas flag.
Arguably the most infamous Indian depredation in Texas happened in Limestone County on May 19, 1836 when an odd alliance of Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo and Wichita approached Fort Parker surreptitiously under a flag of peace.
* 1685-1690 France plants its flag on Texas soil, but departs after only five years.
France plants its flag on Texas soil, but departs after only five years.
Joanna Troutman, who designed the first Lone Star flag ( later adopted as the Texas State Flag ) was born in Crawford County.
She presented her flag to a Volunteer Georgia Battalion, who went to Texas in 1835 to assist Texans in their fight for independence.
A community didn't develop until 1902, when the site became a flag stop on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, which became part of the Southern Pacific system in 1961.
The flag stop for the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, completed in 1860, was known variously as West Liberty, Days Station, and Dayton Station.
Settled around 1880 as a flag station on a section of the Missouri – Kansas – Texas ( MKT ) Railroad being built from Mineola to Greenville, the name submitted for a post office was initially Rice's Point, in honor of early area settler William Rice.
In 1871 the Houston and Texas Central Railroad ( succeeded by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company ) built through the area and established a flag stop called Glasscock.
In the episode " Texas City Twister ," in which a tornado has torn off all his clothes, he is given the choice of covering himself with the Texas flag or a potted cactus.
flag and was
All but the most rabid of Confederate flag wavers admit that the Old Southern tradition is defunct in actuality and sigh that its passing was accompanied by the disappearance of many genteel and aristocratic traditions of the reputedly languid ante-bellum way of life.
Mama was very patriotic, and one of the duties she was proudest of was repairing the edges of the flag that flew above the White House.
The resolution under discussion at the convention was to require the boards of election to instruct judges to properly display the American flag.
In the corner was the soldier with the white flag.
It was covered in the Confederate flag and laid in state for several hours.
He was buried just outside Greeneville – with his body wrapped in an American flag and a copy of the U. S. Constitution placed under his head, according to his wishes.
They also had a flag carrier at the front who guided the forces behind him ; when the flag was upright the combatants behind would stand and when turned down, they would sit.
On December 30, 1943, during the Japanese occupation, Subhas Chandra Bose, who was controversially allied with the Japanese, first raised the flag of Indian independence.
The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.
the inclusion of the term " indivisible " in the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag ); before this, the construction " the United States are " was more common.
This flag was also the battle flag of the Umkhonto we Sizwe.
In 2001, the National Guard unit was designated an official military unit of the Bulgarian army and one of the symbols of state authority, along with the flag, the coat of arms and the national anthem.
A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word " HERE " upon it.
Following the rapid change from a loose formation to a rigid line of battle both fleets raised their colours ; each British ship added additional Union Flags in its rigging in case its main flag was shot away.
U-27 was lying off Nicosians port quarter and firing into it when Baralong appeared on the scene, flying the ensign of the United States as a false flag.
When she was half a mile away, Baralong ran up a signal flag indicating that she was going to rescue Nicosians crew.
U-41 was in the process of sinking SS Urbino with gunfire when Baralong arrived on the scene, flying an American flag.
In his account he described how “ on one side there was a wooden stage with two streamers – Hatuey beer and Bacardí rum – on each end and a Cuban flag in the middle.
The first retired number flag, Ernie Banks ' number 14, was raised on the left field pole, and they have alternated since then.
The exact derivation of the term is unknown, but it has been thought that in early Canadian football, the scoring of a single was signalled with a red flag.
flag and designed
* 1902 – Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet who designed the flag of the State of Maranhão ( b. 1833 )
The flag was originally designed by the Council of Europe, and as such the CoE holds the copyright for the flag.
Hopkinson claimed to have designed the official " first flag " of the United States and sought compensation from Congress.
Hopkinson also designed a flag with stars arranged in a circle.
* The national flag of France was designed in 1794.
The cyan forms, the US flag, Seal of the President of the United States | presidential seal and the Caslon lettering were all designed at different times and combined by designer Raymond Loewy in this one final design.
The flag of Greenland was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen.
The British Union Flag was designed as a naval ensign in the 17th century, but it was not identified as " national flag " of the United Kingdom prior to 1908.
It is a large flag, measuring 10 feet by 17 feet, heavily constructed and designed to be flown from a ship's mast.
Roy Grönneberg, who founded the local chapter of the Scottish National Party in 1966, designed the flag of Shetland in cooperation with Bill Adams to mark the 500 year anniversary of the transfer of the islands from Norway to Scotland.
In May 2000, Vangelis composed the music as well as designed and directed the artistic Olympic flag relay portion of the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
The Wessex Society have promoted the use of a flag, designed by William Crampton, which features an heraldic golden wyvern on a red background.
The flag was designed due to confusion during battle between the Confederate " Stars and Bars " flag and the flag of the United States.
During the battle, the flag Moultrie had flown in the battle ( which he'd designed, himself ) was shot down.
A flag to represent Buddhism was designed in Sri Lanka in 1885 and modified to its current form in 1886.
In Essen, Germany in 1922, the International Co-operative Alliance ( ICA ) designed an international co-op symbol and a flag for the first " Co-operators ' Day ," which was held in July 1923.
Meher Baba designed a rainbow flag on April 23, 1924.
Polish historians like Pospieszalski and Janusz Kutta point to a Nazi top secret false flag Operation Himmler ( which took place on August 31 – September 1 ) and was designed to create an illusion of Polish aggression against Germany.
The design of the current Chilean flag is commonly attributed to Bernardo O ' Higgins's Minister of War, José Ignacio Zenteno, having been designed by the Spanish soldier Antonio Arcos, although historians argue that is was Gregorio de Andía y Varela who drew it.
The original flag was designed according to the Golden Ratio, which is reflected in the relation between the fly and hoist of the flag and the square of the blue canton.
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