Texas

Texas
Country	United States
Flag of Texas
Adopted	25 January 1839 (Republic of Texas) 31 August 1933 (State of Texas)
Score in 2001 NAVA survey	8.13/10 (2nd of 72)
Standard of the Governor of Texas
Adopted	2009
Texas Civil Ensign
Adopted	1839
Wikipedia article

The flag of Texas is known as the "Lone Star Flag". The flag was adopted on January 25, 1839 as the final national flag of the Republic of Texas. When Texas became the 28th state of the Union on December 29, 1845, its national flag became the state flag. While the Lone Star remained the de facto state flag, from 1879 until 1933 there was no official state flag.

The Texas Flag Code assigns the following symbolism to the colors of the Texas flag: blue stands for loyalty, white for purity, and red for bravery. The code also states that single (lone) star "represents ALL of Texas and stands for our unity as one for God, State, and Country." The "lone star" is, in fact, an older symbol predating the flag which was used to symbolize Texans' solidarity in declaring independence from Mexico. It is still seen today as a symbol of Texas' independent spirit, and gave rise to the state's official nickname "The Lone Star State". The actual designer of the flag is unknown; Dr. Charles B. Stewart is credited with drawing the image used by the Third Congress when enacting the legislation adopting the flag.

Interesting note: Texas does have a civil ensign. Accoring to Deveraux Cannon's book "The Flags of the Confederacy", when the new national flag of Texas was adopted in 1839, a new and distinctive civil ensign was also adopted by the Texas congress.  And although the civil ensign ceased to be used after Texas joined the USA in 1845, the flag law of 1839 does not appear to have been amended, therefore Texans could still legally fly the civil ensign from their ships/boats.

Proposals for a New Flag of Texas

Texas State Flag Proposal No. 10 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014

Texas State Flag Simplistic Proposal. The current flag is iconic and doesn’t need to be changed, but because this is a side project I thought it would be fun to conceptually emphasize the lone star on their flag. The goal is to make it even more iconic by enlarging the star. The red represents the Native Americans who used to live there, and the white represents purity and uprightness (same as Wyoming’s flag). By Ed Mitchell. 2013.

Texas Triangle. Removes the color against color clash. Redesign by Rotten Ali.

Texas Redesign based of it's Coat of Arms by Sage .A. Rollins

Proposal for a flag for Texas. Although the current flag has certain undeniable beauty in its simplicity, it is easily confused with the flag of North Dakota. This design seeks to make the flag more easily distinguishable.