On September 9, 1850, the state of California was admitted to the union. The California state flag, also known as the Bear Flag, “…shall consist of a flag of a length equal to one and one-half the width thereof; the upper five-sixths of the width thereof to be a white field, and the lower sixth of the width thereof to be a red stripe; there shall appear in the white field in the upper left-hand corner a single red star, and at the bottom of the white field the words ‘California Republic,’ and in the center of the white field a California grizzly bear upon a grass plat, in the position of walking toward the left of the said field; said bear shall be dark brown in color and in length, equal to one-third of the length of said flag.”
I’ve had a California flag for almost as long as I’ve had a flagpole, but had to recently retire it due to old age. Today is the first flight on the flag pole for my new California flag.
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