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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 ...
Fredonian Rebellion Approximate location of the Republic of Fredonia Date December 21, 1826 – January 31, 1827 (1 month, 1 week and 3 days) Location Nacogdoches Result Mexican victory Belligerents Mexico Texian rebels Commanders and leaders Guadalupe Victoria Stephen F. Austin Haden Edwards Benjamin Edwards Strength 375 Unknown Casualties and losses 0 0 The Fredonian Rebellion or Texan ...
The Burnet Flag used from December 1836 to January 1839 as the national flag. The design was suggested by President David G. Burnet and it was the flag of the republic 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 ...
The U.S. and Texas flags at the Texas State Capitol. Captain Charles A. May's squadron of the 2d Dragoons slashes through the Mexican Army lines. Resaca de la Palma, Texas, May 1846. On February 28, 1845, the U.S. Congress narrowly passed a bill that authorized the United States to annex the Republic of Texas if it so voted. The legislation set ...
During the return to their platoon, Private First Class Reese was killed. During the 2½ hours of fighting, the two soldiers killed more than 82 Japanese soldiers and completely disorganized the defense of the railroad station, which paved the way for U.S. soldiers to overwhelm the railroad station in victory.
Mexican American servicemen in World War II, taken between 1941 and 1944. The United States entered World War II against the Axis Powers on December 7, 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Several hundred thousand Latino men served in the U.S. military during the war, about 500,000 of whom were Mexican American.
Independent Texas shown with the Texas flag, Mexican-occupied Texas in maroon. When the Anglo-American settlers of the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas proclaimed the independence of Texas in 1835, relations between Mexico and its former metropolis, Spain, were beginning to warm after nearly a decade of attempts at reconquest .
Mexican–American War; Clockwise from top: Winfield Scott entering Plaza de la Constitución after the Fall of Mexico City, U.S. soldiers engaging the retreating Mexican force during the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, U.S. victory at Churubusco outside of Mexico City, Marines storming Chapultepec castle under a large U.S. flag, Battle of Cerro Gordo