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TEXAS STATE FLAG FACTS

TEXAS WAS THE 28TH STATE TO JOIN THE UNION ON DECEMBER 29, 1845.  THE ORIGINAL TEXAS FLAG EXISTED LONG BEFORE TEXAS JOINED THE UNION.  iT  WAS ADOPTED IN 1819.  THE DESIGN HAD A SINGLE STAR ON A BLUE BACKGROUND WHICH PROMPTED THE NICKNAME FOR THE STATE, "THE LONE STAR STATE".  TODAY'S DESIGN ADOPTED IN 1839 HAS A RED AND WHITE BARS WITH THE BLUE PANEL AND "LONE STAR".  THE RED STANDS FOR BRAVERY, THE WHITE FOR PURITY AND THE BLUE FOR LOYALTY.