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 ...

The first official flag of the Republic of Texas is known as the David G. Burnet Flag and was adopted December 10, 1836. The Burnet flag features a large golden star on a blue background.

Flying the Texas flag in foreign climes Opposite the gates to St. James’s Palace, the Texas Legation’s Embassy of the Republic of Texas was located in an alley next to legendary wine merchant ...

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

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 ...

Stephen F. Austin State University’s East Texas Research Center recently received a $3,000 donation from The Sons of the ...

One controversial aspect of the 1836 Project is its name. Some critics have pointed out that Texas’ independence didn’t apply to all of those living in the state at the time, such as slaves ...

History shows there was a seventh flag – the flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande. Texas had just become a republic in 1836, but Mexico still laid claim to the land south of the Nueces River.

It was the flag of the Republic from 1836 to 1839. At the same time, the Congress adopted a Texas Navy flag which had been officially recognized as early as April 9, 1836, by President Burnet.” ...

“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 ...

The Green Flag of that army would fly over Texas for 1 year and 11 days. It was under this flag that those who lived in Texas would declare their Independence on April 6, 1813 – giving birth to ...

The Constitution of the Republic of Texas, passed in 1836, legalized slavery and excluded indigenous groups from gaining independence. “1836 marked independence for some, ...