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Early Flags of Texas
Here's a cool website with a history of the early flags of Texas and the "1824" flag that flew over the Alamo: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/dewittflgs2.htm#mexflg1824
Texas flas history
1824 flag:
http://www.texianlegacy.com/1824flag.html
Alamo flag:
http://www.texianlegacy.com/1824_2.html
Texas star origin & Texas flag:
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/dewittflgs2.htm#coahuilflg
Interesting stuff on the origin of the Texas star from there:
"The Lone Star. The current Lone Star flag of first the Republic and then the State of Texas was proposed by William H. Wharton 27 Dec 1838 at the Third Congress of the Republic in Houston and approved 25 Jan 1839. Historically, the flag is said to have been designed by Dr. Charles B. Stewart with concensus by a flag committee chaired by Oliver Jones of seven signers: Thomas Barnett, Richard Ellis, Thomas J. Gazley, Sterling C. Robertson, William B. Scates and Lorenzo de Zavala. Others contend the actual designer and group who approved it is unclear. Archival sketches show the current Lone Star flag and Texas State Seal drawn by Peter Krag. It is thought that an improvised seal used provided by Dr. Stewart for the official mark on a treaty between the provisional Texas government and the Cherokees may have influenced design of the Lone Star banner and seal. On 28 December 1835, it is said the Cherokees demanded a seal or official marking. Dr. Stewart was secretary to provisional governor Henry Smith and related:
"A mother of pearl button that had been in our family a long time, brought from England and preserved by my father as a relic of an ancestor. It had a star about 3/4 inch dia on it cut in deeply and when issuing and countersigning commissions (it was) utilized as a fitting emblem of a new star arisen in the Galaxy of States."
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