Flag of California

Bear Flag
Flag of California
	The Bear Flag
Use	Civil and state flag, state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	February 3, 1911 (standardized 1953)
Design	A single red star in the canton, a red stripe along the bottom, and a California grizzly bear atop a mound of green grass defacing a white field.
Designed by	Donald Graeme Kelley, based on flag flown during the Bear Flag Revolt

The Bear Flag is the official flag of the U.S. state of California.^[1] The precursor of the flag was first flown during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and was also known as the Bear Flag. A predecessor, called the Lone Star Flag, was used in an 1836 independence movement;^[2] the red star element from that flag appears in the Bear Flag of today.^[3]

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^ Guinn, J.M. (1898). "El Estado Libre de Alta California: The Free State of Upper California". Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California and Pioneer Register, Los Angeles. 4 (2): 163–172. doi:10.2307/41167714. JSTOR 41167714.
^ "California's 'Red Star' Revolution". Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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[2] Guinn, J.M. (1898). "El Estado Libre de Alta California: The Free State of Upper California". Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California and Pioneer Register, Los Angeles. 4 (2): 163–172. doi:10.2307/41167714. JSTOR 41167714.

[3] "California's 'Red Star' Revolution". Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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