Selected by five signers of Texas Declaration of Independence, this flag may have been inspired by Colonel Fannin's request: "Give us a flag to fight under as unlike theirs as possible...in time to hoist it in defiance of Santa Anna."
The First Flag of the Republic Selected by five signers of Texas Declaration of Independence, this flag may have been inspired by Colonel Fannin's request: "Give us a flag to fight under as unlike theirs as possible...in time to hoist it in defiance of Santa Anna."