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In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U.S. state, U.S. territorial, and Canadian provincial flags and ranked the flag of California 13th out of 50 U.S. states, and the best flag that contains words, specifically the state's name.
In the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846, which occurred during the Mexican-American War, a group of American settlers in what was then the Mexican-ruled territory of California proclaimed independence and hoisted the original Bear Flag (June 14, 1846).
The original flag featured a red stripe, a star, and a crude drawing of a bear. Its design was inspired by the Texan Lone Star flag. The revolt lasted less than a month before California became part of the United States, but the bear symbol on the flag remained and evolved over time.
The History of the California State Flag. 1846-1910. California’s State Flag was born of a rebellion. The 1846 Sonoma uprising even took its name, “The Bear Flag Revolt,” from its first flag. Within a short time, the struggle for independence was over and California became a part of the United States. The original Bear Flag went into ...
May 31, 2023 · Adopted in 1911, our flag’s history is much older. Photo by Wikimedia Commons. Table of Contents. The colors. The canton. The bear. San Jose flag. If a picture’s worth a thousand words, a flag is a whole textbook. Our state flag is a record of California history that experts read like a secret code.
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Sep 6, 2023 · While there had been numerous attempts at crafting the official flag for California, a 1911 version with a bear modeled after Hearst’s grizzly Monarch made the final cut and was adopted that same year.
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State Flag. The California State Flag, also known unofficially as the “Bear Flag,” is the oldest unofficial State Symbol. Though it came into existence during the short-lived Bear Flag Revolt in the spring of 1846, it was not officially adopted as California’s official State Flag until 1911.
