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Funny
I find it funny that the confederate flag is more centric than the american flag
Historically Accurate?
Someone needs to provide sources for the claims in this article. I don't think it is in dispute that 6 "major" nations have had sovereignty over various parts of Texas at various times, that is what the "six flags" mean. The article's claim that other "short-lived governmental units and armies" have existed that make the "six flags" notion historically inaccurate seems a bit dubious.--
JW180521:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)reply
I deleted the word "official" regarding the three CSA national flags because the Stars and Bars (first national) was never officially adopted by the CSA congress as a de jure flag, although it certainly was de facto the first national flag.
Fiavsecgen15:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)reply
The entire idea behind the "Six flags over Texas" was that these were the six NATIONS that had authority over what is now Texas. Its not whatever group happened to have a little slice over it at the time (with the exception of the Republic of Rio Grande which has been incorporated into the lore and history of the Rio Grande Valley.
Does this actually need its own article? I've been considering redirecting it to
History of Texas for a while now. History of Texas already lists the countries that governed Texas, and I think a bit of expansion there about the slogan would probably be good enough. Another alternative would be to rename it
History of the Texas flag and discuss the flags instead of the countries and Texas history. As it stands, though, it's essentially a watered-down version of History of Texas
Karanacs (
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18:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)reply
If it's actually the history of the flags, with a bit of Texas history thrown in as background, then I think this would be a very useful article (though should possibly be renamed). If it focuses too much on the history of the territory and not the flags themselves, then I think it would be redundant. Good luck!
Karanacs (
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13:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Observation: We have two articles with essentially the same name:
Six flags over Texas and
Six Flags over Texas. IMHO this violates the spirit of
WP:Precision. I know that both articles have been around for a while but here's a proposal (which I'm sure I'll be flogged for):
I think
History of the Texas flag would be a misnomer for this particular article. That is, "History of the Texas flag" really implies how Texas came up with its own flag, not what the flags were of states that held sovereignty over Texas. Making it a section of
History of Texas is ok with me if that's a general concensus. Truthfully, though, I think there is a small bit of merit to having an article on the "concept" of the six flags since it is such a popular historical concept in the state (i.e. it is notable). I say "small bit of merit" because, of course,
WP is not a dictionary, or a glossary, and this borders on a dictionary article (i.e. that fine line between defining an expression and explaining a concept).
The concept of these flags being "former national flags of Texas" is quite dubious as well; the fleurs de lis flag of the French royal family was hardly a national flag of Texas, for example. The whole concept of this is dubious, but the current title reflects the content better.
84.92.117.93 (
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17:15, 18 November 2010 (UTC)reply
Northern Texas part of Louisiana
It appears that the Northern parts of Texas were part of the Louisiana Territory. So that means Northern Texas was owned by France from when they took it over from
Spain in 1800 until 1803
when France sold it to the US. The French Tricolor flag could be put on the page. My sources are from some maps of the Spanish and French Louisiana territories. --
24.147.1.197 (
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17:41, 23 March 2014 (UTC)Jacob Chesleyreply
Origin
The actual phrase
"six flags over Texas" seems to originate with the amusement park in 1961. However, the mosaic with six flags in the capitol dates to 1936. What about the 6 seals on the capitol facade? Where and when did the tendency to display the 6 flags emerge? One suspects it was always a cheeky way to normalize the confederate flag. — Preceding
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2601:547:500:4FC5:B8F8:3DF5:48E8:240C (
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22:04, 22 August 2017 (UTC)reply
Six nations?
The article states that the six flags represent six nations. However, only five nations were listed. The Confederacy was not a nation, it was simply a collection of rebels. This has always been the position of the United States, and confirmed in
Texas v. White. Furthermore, Texas was a part of the United States in that time -- there was no point at which Texas ever left or could have left the Union.
Daniel J. Hakimi (
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16:51, 28 December 2017 (UTC)reply
I think if we just add a note that says "Six flags over Texas" is the
slogan used to describe the six
sovereign countriesS