Laredo, Texas

Laredo
Country	United States
State	Texas
Flag of Laredo, Texas
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The flag of Laredo is the official municipal flag of Laredo, Texas. The flag is based on the flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande, which was used for 283 days from January 17 to November 6, 1840.

Design

The flag Laredo has a red hoist with three white stars run evenly along the hoist. The fly is split into a white upper fly and a black lower fly. The city's flag is also incorporated on its city coat of arms, along with the six flags over the rest of Texas.

History

Republic of the Rio Grande

The flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande has a blue hoist with three white stars run evenly along the hoist. The three stars represent the three states that seceded: Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. The fly is split into three bands, one white, one red, and one black.

Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande

Variants

There are other suggested designs for the flag as noted by historians, including tricolors of (a) red, white, and black; (b) red, white, and green; and (c) red, white, and blue. Historians have noted that, whatever the flag looked like, it bore similarities to the 1839 flag of the Republic of Texas and the 1841 flag of the later Republic of Yucatán.

Variant with a black stripe and city flag of Laredo.

Variant with a green stripe.

Variant with a blue stripe.