Probably every Texan is aware of the Six Flags that flew over Texas. Those flags were: Spain’s flag, 1519-1685 and 1690-1821; French flag, 1685-1690; Mexico, 1821-1836; Republic of Texas, 1836 ...

Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas-Sidney Sherman Chapter, the founding chapter of the organization, spent ...

Texas Flags serves as a guidebook for the exhibit “Texas Flags, 1836—1945,” which is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, through April 28. From the March 2002 Issue Subscribe Home ...

In December 1836 the Texas Congress, heady from victory against Mexico, claimed the republic’s boundaries included “the mouth of the Rio Grande, thence up the principal stream of said river to ...

The Mexican Federal Republic 1821 – 1836. Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, and the region of Texas became Mexican territory.

The Lone Star flag, approved in its red, white and blue glory by the Texas Congress in 1839, replaced an 1836 national flag for the republic's naval service that much more closely resembled the ...

“The Fathers of Texas deemed a national flag for the Republic of Texas so important that on March 3, 1836, the day after the adoption of the Declaration of Texas Independence, a committee was ...

Books. 1836, the Slaveholder Republic’s Birthday. Historian Gerald Horne on the Texas Revolution, its victors, and its victims ...

On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas. Here’s where to celebrate this weekend.

On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico, marking the birth of the Republic of Texas. Frustrated by living under the rule of President Santa Anna, Texians and Tejanos sought ...