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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
this co. has excellent products, January 4, 2007
i liked the quality of the flag i purchased here.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Lone Star State has the only state flag that was also a national flag, August 18, 2005
You have probably heard of Six Flags over Texas, and besides being the name of a popular theme park it also stands for the history of the state of Texas over which six flags have flown. Texas was controlled by Spain during the periods 1519-1685 and 1690-1821, but briefly under the flag of France in the period in between 1685-1690. From 1821-1836 Texas was part of Mexico and then an independent Republic from 1836-1845. Then Texas became part of the United States from 1845-1861 and from 1865 to today. Again, there was a brief period when Texas was under the sixth but not final flag of the Southern Confederacy from 1861-1865. So those are the six flags, two of which have flown twice over Texas.
The first national flag of the Republic of Texas was approved by President Sam Houston in 1835. Known as the National Standard of Texas, this flag had a large golden five-pointed star centered on an azure field and was flown until 1839. At that point what is now known as the "Lone Star Flag" was created. The official designer of the flag is in question since many people have claimed the honor, but in 1997 the Texas House settled the issue by declaring that Dr. Charles B. Stewart of Montgomery County created the inspirational banner at the request of President Mirabeau B. Lamar. The design that was created for what was then the national flag of Texas was a blue perpendicular stripe one-third the width of the whole flag with a white five-pointed star in the center. There were then two horizontal stripes of equal breadth, the upper one being white and the lower red, making up the remaining two-thirds of the flag's length. The symbolism of the colors is the same as with the national flag, with the blue representing loyalty, the white standing for strength, and the red symbolizing bravery.
There were several Southern states that came up with their first flags as national flags for the brief period between the time they seceded from the Union and then joined the Confederacy in 1861. But none of those actually became the state flags for those states when they rejoined the Union following the Civil War. Meanwhile, down in Texas they simply continued to fly the Lone Star Flag just as they had done since 1839. What is strange is that in 1879 the Texas legislature revised the civil statues and had a clause that repealed any statute that was not expressly continued in force. The revised statues included no legislation concerning the state flag, so from 1879 until 1933 when the situation was remedied by a new flag act, Texas did not have an official state flag. The new flag act has an entire clause devoted to the lone star, dictating that it should be "a white, regular five-pointed star in the center of the blue stripe, oriented so that one point faces upward, and of such a size that the diameter of a circle passing through the five points of the star is equal to three-fourths the width of the blue stripe."
This 3 foot by 5 foot version of the Lone Star Flag is a single reverse flag made of polyeser and has a pair of large brass grommets for flying it from a flagpole. The Texas state flag can also be displayed in other ways as well and you can find other versions of this flag made from other materials and in other sizes both larger and smaller (down to tiny desk top size), to meet your specific needs.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb quality flags, December 1, 2007
I priced flags at other websites,none could compare to the price and quality of these flags.
Delivery was fast,we used them in our Christmas Parade.
Will buy from this store again.
Thank you for quality products
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