Beginning in 1980, it was celebrated as a paid state holiday for the first time in the Lone Star ... flag will show you there are three main symbols, each of which holds a special meaning.

Boerne officials hope the flag will inspire civic pride, a city spokesman says. The city paid a New Jersey designer $4,700 to ...

E ighteen flags have billowed over the neat rows of plane trees in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, among them a yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, a Texas Lone Star flag and — until ...

In 1835-36, Texas rose in revolt against Mexico, fighting under West Florida’s lone star flag and voluntarily submitting to U.S. annexation in 1845. (The five-point star had emerged as a symbol ...