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» This article is about the national flags of Texas. For the theme park, see Six Flags Over Texas.
Six flags over Texas is the slogan used to describe the six nations that have had sovereignty over various parts of the land now known as
Texas. This slogan has been incorporated into shopping malls, theme parks (
Six Flags) and other enterprises. The "six flags" are also shown on the reverse of the
Seal of Texas.
The Texas Historical Commission adopted standard designs for the Six Flags over Texas, which are published in the June 20, 1997 issue of the Texas Register, volume 22, pages 5959-5967.
Spain
The first
flag belonged to
Spain, which ruled parts of Texas from
1529 to
1685 and from
1690 to
1821. There were two versions of the
Spanish flag used during this period. Both designs incorporate the "castle and lion" emblems of the
Crown of Castile. The Spanish flag used in the reverse of the Texas state seal, which was also adopted by the Texas State Historical Commission, is the flag adopted by
King Charles III, containing horizontal stripes of red-gold-red and the simple arms of Castile and Leon. This flag was used by Spain from 1793 to 1931, and from 1936 till nowadays again with a different coat of arms.
France
The second flag was the royal banner of
France from
1685 to
1690. In
1684, French nobleman
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle founded a colony on the
Texas Gulf Coast called
Fort Saint Louis. The colony was unsuccessful, and after La Salle's murder, was soon abandoned. During this time, there was no official
French flag, so a number of different designs are used in displays of the "six flags".
The Republic of the Rio Grande was formed by
Federalists under the Mexican
Consititution of 1824 made up of the Mexican states of
Coahuila,
Nuevo Leon and
Tamaulipas, with its capital at
Laredo. The
centrists in Mexico City (who had suspended the Constitution of 1824) sent an army to conquer this new province. After losses at Laredo and Saltillo, the Republic of Rio Grande ceased to exist after just 284 days.
Burnet Flag
The Lone Star Flag replaced the previous national flag known as the
Burnet Flag, which had been adopted on
December 10,
1836. It consisted of an azure background with a large golden star, inspired by the 1810 "
Bonnie Blue Flag" of the
Republic of West Florida. Variants of the Burnet Flag with a white star, virtually identical to the Bonnie Blue Flag, were also common.
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