15 Nisan 2014 Salı
California State Flag: History, Design, Trivia
DATE FIRST USED
California State Flag
June 14, 1846 (officially adopted 1911)
The Bear Flag
A white field
15 Nisan 2014 Salı
California State Flag: History, Design, Trivia
DATE FIRST USED
California State Flag
June 14, 1846 (officially adopted 1911)
The Bear Flag
A white field with a red, five-pointed star in the canton and a brown grizzly bear facing toward the hoist side with all four paws on a green grass plot and head and eye turned slightly toward the observer; a red stripe forms the length of the flag at the bottom, and between the grass plot and the red stripe appear the words "California Republic" in upper-case letters.
Symbols: A California grizzly bear and a single red, five-pointed star. The bear symbolizes strength and unyielding resistance; the star was a reference to the California Lone Star flag, which itself referenced the lone star on the flag of the Texas Republic.
Colors: White, red, light brown, dark brown, and green.
Proportions: The size of the bear is 2/3 the size of the hoist width.The hoist or flag width is two-thirds of the fly or flag length; the red stripe width is one-sixth of the hoist width. The 