Bear Flag

Bear Flag
Normale oder de jure-Version einer Flagge?Heutige Version der Bear Flag

Die Flagge Kaliforniens ist das offizielle Hoheitszeichen des US-Bundesstaates Kalifornien.

Geschichte

Die originale Bear Flag, fotografiert 1890.
Umzeichung der Originalflagge

Nach Ausbruch des mexikanisch-amerikanischen Krieges erklärten US-amerikanische Siedler 1846 die Unabhängigkeit von Kalifornien („Kalifornische Republik“ auch „Bear Flag Republic“) und hissten eine Flagge mit einem Grizzlybären sowie einem roten Stern auf weißem Grund. Seit 1911 ist die „Bear Flag“ die offizielle Staatsflagge Kaliforniens.

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