but how did a bear, a red star and the words “California Republic” find themselves on the state flag? California was born in revolt, much as the United States had done on the opposite coast ...

and the “California Republic” was dead. “The only enduring, long-lasting legacy of the Bear Flag Revolt was the flag,” Magliari said. He explained that many of the Bear Flaggers ...

This is the design of the first California bear flag, flown during the short-lived Bear Flag Revolt of 1846. The original flag was lost during the San Francisco Earthquake, but a copy was saved.

California first featured bear symbolism on its flag during the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 — decades before Monarch was ever captured. Still, the design was standardized in 1911 and finalized in 1953, ...

The 1846 Bear Flag Revolt signaled the end of Mexico’s control over California. On July 9, of that same year, Joseph Revere rode into Sonoma and replaced the California Republic's Bear Flag in ...

A: The voices of the participants in the Bear Flag Revolt [in which American immigrants overthrew the Mexican government in Sonoma, a precursor to the U.S annexation of California] were fascinating.