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Flag of Texas.svg.png|Adopted by the Republic of Texas January 25, 1839. Officially adopted as the flag of the State of Texas August 31, 1933 .
 
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800px-Standard_Of_Governor_Of_Texas.svg.png|Standard of the Governor of Texas, adopted in 2009.
 
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Texas State Flag Proposal No 1 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014 at 1116hrs cst.png|Texas State Flag Proposal No. 1 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014
 
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|name = Texas
Texas State Flag Proposal No 2 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014 at 1129hrs cst.png|Texas State Flag Proposal No. 2 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014
 
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Texas State Flag Proposal No 3 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014 at 1137hrs cst.png|Texas State Flag Proposal No. 3 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014
 
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|adoption = 25 January 1839 (Republic of Texas)<br/>31 August 1933 (State of Texas)
Texas State Flag Proposal No 4 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014 at 1137hrs cst.png|Texas State Flag Proposal No. 4 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014
 
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Texas State Flag Proposal No 5 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014 at 1142hrs cst.png|Texas State Flag Proposal No. 5 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014
 
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|caption2 = Standard of the Governor of Texas
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|adoption2 = 2009
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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.
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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.
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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.
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== Proposals for a New Flag of Texas ==
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Texas State Flag Proposal No 10 Designed By Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014 at 1213hrs cst.png|Texas State Flag Proposal No. 10 Designed By: Stephen Richard Barlow 07 SEP 2014
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Texas.png|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.
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texas triangle.png|Texas Triangle. Removes the color against color clash. Redesign by Rotten Ali.
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Texas Based off it's Seal.png|Texas Redesign based of it's Coat of Arms by Sage .A. Rollins
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Proposal Flag of Texas.svg|Proposal for a flag for Texas. By [[User:Qaz_Janssen|Qaz]] Dec 2019 ([[User:Qaz Janssen/Proposals/Subnational/US-CTR#Texas|details]])
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Texas - Blue.png|Part of series of designs for state flags, all in blue and white. (Posted by Ken Morton)
 
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Revision as of 20:53, 28 June 2020

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