Back علم كاليفورنيا Arabic Сцяг Каліфорніі Byelorussian Знаме на Калифорния Bulgarian Bandera de Califòrnia Catalan Vlajka Kalifornie Czech Californiens flag Danish Flagge Kaliforniens German Flago de Kalifornio Esperanto Bandera de California Spanish California lipp Estonian
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| 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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
csl-h-cwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.