First Flag of the Republic Frame Type:Aged Dark Wood which ran from the French

which ran from the French trading posts on the Red River to Nacogdoches and then down through East Texas to San Antonio de Bexar and on into Old Mexico

Colonel Fannin had written:

The refugees could hear the cannon fire of the battle of San Jacinto

the second man to sign the Declaration of Independence

First Flag of the Republic Frame Type:Aged Dark Wood which ran from the FrenchThe first Constitutional Convention began its work by declaring Texas' independence from Mexico, writing a new constitution and electing the first leaders. A committee of five delegates, all signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, was selected and their choice for a design for a new flag was approved by the entire convention on May 11th, 1836. The elegant design was the work of Lorenzo de Zavala, the most accomplished statesman among the