The second flag, which features ... It also spurred the series of historic battles that would eventually lead to the fourth and most familiar flag over Texas. The Republic of Texas 1836 – 1861.

Probably every Texan is aware of the Six Flags that flew over Texas. Those flags were: Spain’s flag, 1519-1685 and 1690-1821; French flag, 1685-1690; Mexico, 1821-1836; Republic of Texas, 1836 ...

What you need to know about those six flags that have flown over Texas in the past 500... The grand old flags of Texas San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

A lot of Texans at a young age learn the Texas state flag is allowed to fly at the same height as the U.S. flag because we were once an independent nation, the Republic of Texas. But what's the truth?

History shows there was a seventh flag – the flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande. Texas had just become a republic in 1836, but Mexico still laid claim to the land south of the Nueces River ...

The flags were meant to symbolize the history of Texas including its turns as an independent Republic, as part of Mexico, and is a Confederate state. By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Aug. 18, 2017 ...

It is the first flag used in the Texas Revolution and close to 200 years later it shows no signs of going away. ... "The Republic of Texas was a slaveholder republic," Ramos said.

WHEREAS, The Lone Star Flag has a grand history, starting with its adoption as the third flag of the Republic of Texas by President Mirabeau B. Lamar and the Texas Congress in 1839, ...