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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 ...
Type Symbol Date designated Image Motto "Friendship" 1930 [1] [2]: Nickname "The Lone Star State" [1] Flag: The Lone Star Flag [1]: June 30, 1839 National seal: Seal of the Republic of Texas
In February 1891, Davidson lent the letter to the Texas Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History. [48] Two years later, Davidson offered to sell the letter to the state of Texas for $250 ($8,478 today) [5]. This represented half of the annual sum allocated for collecting historical manuscripts, and the state was hesitant to ...
The seal of Texas has changed 5 times since independence from Mexico in 1836. The original Great Seal of the Republic was created on December 10, 1836, by the Congress, with a bill providing that "for the future the national seal of this republic shall consist of a single star, with the letters 'Republic of Texas', circular on said seal, which seal shall also be circular".
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.
In 2002, a version of the flag was created which depicted a Barrett .50 BMG Rifle. Other versions have depicted various firearms, and even other objects dear to the hearts of the flag makers. During the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals at least one Dallas Stars fan had created a replica of the flag with the Stanley Cup replacing the cannon; the Stars ...
The "Bonnie Blue flag" was a banner associated at various times with the Republic of Texas, the short-lived Republic of West Florida, and the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field.
Flag Dates used English text Dallas: 1967–present 1. CITY OF DALLAS 2. TEXAS: Dallas: 1916–67 DALLAS: Delaware: 1913–present 1. LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE 2. DECEMBER 7, 1787: Delaware County, Pennsylvania –present 1. COUNTY OF DELAWARE 2. PENNSYLVANIA 3. VIRTUE LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE: Detroit: 1948–present [1] 1. THE CITY OF DETROIT ...