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Bear Flag
Flag of California
Flag of California.svg
The Bear Flag
Use Civil and state flag, state ensign FIAV 110010.svg FIAV normal.svg IFIS Vertical normal.svg
Proportion2:3
AdoptedFebruary 3, 1911;113 years ago (1911-02-03) (original version)
June 14, 1953;71 years ago (1953-06-14) [1] (standardized version)
DesignA 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 byDonald 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. [2] 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; [3] the red star element from that flag appears in the Bear Flag of today. [4]

Contents

Current Flag

The flag on display at the California State Capitol. Flag of California at the State Capitol in September 2016.jpg
The flag on display at the California State Capitol.

Law and protocol

The 1911 statute stated:

The bear flag is hereby selected and adopted as the state flag of California. ... The said bear flag shall consist of a flag of a length equal to one and one-half the width thereof; the upper five-sixths of the width thereof to be a white field, and the lower sixth of the width thereof to be a red stripe; there shall appear in the white field in the upper left-hand corner a single red star, and at the bottom of the white field the words 'California Republic,' and in the center of the white field a California grizzly bear upon a grass plat, in the position of walking toward the left of the said field; said bear shall be dark brown in color and in length, equal to one-third of the length of said flag.

In 1953, the design and specifications for the state flag were standardized in a bill signed by Governor Earl Warren and illustrated by Donald Graeme Kelley of Marin County, California. [5] The Californian state flag is often called the "Bear Flag" and in fact, the present statute adopting the flag, California Government Code § 420, states: "The Bear Flag is the State Flag of California."

Pursuant to Section 439 of the California Government Code, the regulations and protocols for the proper display of the flag of California is controlled by the California Adjutant General:

The Adjutant General shall, by regulation, prescribe rules regarding the times, places, and the manner in which the State Flag may be displayed. He shall, periodically, compile the laws and regulations regarding the State Flag. Copies of the compilation shall be printed and made available to the public at cost by the Department of General Services.

When the flag is displayed vertically, it is rotated 90 degrees clockwise such that the bear and star face upward and red stripe is on the left. [6]

The flag is also used as the state ensign. [7] [8]

Design

The first official version of the Bear Flag was adopted by the California State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Hiram Johnson in 1911 as the official state flag. [9]

The contemporary state flag is white with a wide red strip along the bottom. There is a red star in the upper left corner and a grizzly bear facing left (toward the hoist) in the center, walking on a patch of green grass. The size of the bear is ⅔ the size of the hoist width and has a ratio of 2 by 1. The grass plot has a ratio of 11 to 1. [2] The five-point star is taken from the California Lone Star Flag of 1836. [6] The hoist of the flag is two-thirds the fly. [10]

The bear on one 1911 version of the flag is claimed to have been modeled on the last California grizzly bear in captivity. [11] The bear, named "Monarch", was captured in 1889 by newspaper reporter Allan Kelly, at the behest of William Randolph Hearst. [12] The bear was subsequently moved to Woodwards Gardens in San Francisco, and then to the zoo at Golden Gate Park. After the bear's death in 1911, it was mounted and preserved at the Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park. [13]

While the bear flag was adopted in 1911, until 1953 the image of the bear varied depending on the flag manufacturer. In 1953 the bear image was standardized based on an 1855 watercolor by Charles Christian Nahl. [14] [15] The 1953 law includes an official black and white rendering of the bear as well as the plot of grass and brown tufts. This drawing and other specifications that define the flag's colors and dimensions are identified as "54-J-03". [1]

The Californian flag is one of two U.S. state flags to depict a bear, along with Missouri.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U.S. state, U.S. territorial, and Canadian provincial flags and ranked the flag of California 13th out of 50 U.S. states, and the best flag that contains words, specifically the state's name. [16]

Colors

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Vertical display

The 1953 legislation defined the exact shades of the California flag with a total of five colors (including the white field) relative to the 9th edition of the Standard Color Card of America (now called the Standard Color Reference of America). [1] It is one of only four US state flags not to include the color blue, along with Alabama, Maryland, and New Mexico.

Color Cable no. [1] Pantone [6] Web color [17] RGB values
  White75001Safe#FFFFFF(255,255,255)
  Old Glory Red70180200#B71234(183,18,52)
  Maple Sugar70129729C#BD8A5E(189,138,94)
  Seal70108462C#584528(88,69,40)
  Irish Green70168348#008542(0,133,66)

History

Lone Star of California

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The lone star of the 1836 California Lone Star Flag inspired the red star in the flag of the Bear Flag Revolt
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Last known California Lone Star flag, now held at the Gene Autry Western Museum in Los Angeles

In 1836, a coup led by Juan Alvarado declared Alta California's independence from Mexico. Declaring himself governor, Alvarado recruited U.S. frontiersmen, led by Isaac Graham, to support him. The rebels easily captured the capital Monterey, but were unable to convince southern leaders such as Juan Bandini and Carlos Antonio Carrillo to join the rebellion. Faced with a civil war, Alvarado and the other Californios negotiated a compromise with the central government wherein California's leaders accepted its status as a "department" under the "Siete Leyes" Mexican constitution of 1836, in return for more local control. Alvarado was appointed governor the next year.

The Lone Star Flag of California, associated with Alvarado's rebellion, contained a single red star on a white background. [6] One last original flag is archived at the Autry National Center. [18]

Original Bear Flag

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The original 1846 Bear Flag with its designer, Peter Storm, c. 1870
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Bear Flag monument on the Sonoma Plaza

The original grizzly bear flag was created by Peter Storm. A version of this bear flag, designed by William L. Todd, was raised in Sonoma, California, in June 1846 on a date between the 14th and the 17th, [19] by the men who became known as the "Bear Flaggers", including William B. Ide. [20] The exact creation date is at least somewhat unclear. However, U.S. Naval Lieutenant John Missroon reported the flag's existence as of June 17, 1846. [21]

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Etching of another Bear flag flown in Sonoma in 1846

William L. Todd was a cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln. [23] According to the book Flags Over California, published by the California Military Department, the star on the flag recalled the 1836 California Lone Star Flag. Todd, in an 1878 letter to the Los Angeles Express , states that the star was drawn using blackberry juice and in recognition of the California Lone Star Flag. The bear was designed to be a symbol of strength and unyielding resistance. [6]

According to the Sonoma State Historic Park, the construction of the flag was described as such:

At a company meeting it was determined that we should raise a flag and that it should be a bear en passant [a heraldry term signifying that the bear is walking toward the viewer's left], with one star. One of the ladies at the garrison gave us a piece of brown domestic, and Mrs. Captain John Sears gave us some strips of red flannel about 4 inches wide. The domestic was new, but the flannel was said to have been part of a petticoat worn by Mrs. Sears across the mountains...I took a pen, and with ink drew the outline of the bear and star upon the white cloth. Linseed oil and Venetian red were found in the garrison, and I painted the bear and star...Underneath the bear and star were printed with a pen the words 'California Republic' in Roman letters. In painting the words I first lined out the letters with a pen, leaving out the letter 'i' and putting 'c' where 'i' should have been, and afterwards the 'i' over the 'c'. It was made with ink, and we had nothing to remove the marks. [24]

The original Bear Flag and the republic it symbolized had a brief career, from about June 14 until July 9. [25] On July 7, 1846, Commodore John Drake Sloat of the United States Navy's Pacific Squadron first raised the 28-star American flag at Monterey, the capital of Alta California, and claimed the territory for the United States. [25]

Two days later, on July 9, 1846, Navy Lieutenant Joseph Warren Revere arrived in Sonoma and hauled down the Bear Flag, running up in its place the Stars and Stripes. The Bear Flag was given to young John E. Montgomery (son of Commander John B. Montgomery of USS Portsmouth), who would later write in a letter to his mother "Cuffy came down growling"—"Cuffy" being his nickname for the bear on the flag.

The Bear Flag given to young Montgomery returned with USS Portsmouth to the east coast of the U.S. in 1848, but in 1855 was returned to California. [26] The flag was given to California's two senators, John B. Weller and William M. Gwin. This flag was donated to the Society of California Pioneers on September 8, 1855, and was preserved at the Society's Pioneer Halls in San Francisco until it was destroyed on April 18, 1906, in the fires that followed the great San Francisco earthquake. [26] Today, a replica hangs on display in the Sonoma Barracks, or El Presidio de Sonoma. There is also a statue in the plaza at Sonoma, California, commemorating the raising of the flag, the Bear Flag Monument.

Etching of the Lone Star American flag flown on Jul 4, 1847 Sacramento California Lone Star flag.jpg
Etching of the Lone Star American flag flown on Jul 4, 1847

A Year after the revolt American settlers in Sacramento Valley wanted to celebrate the 4th of July by raising a national flag. [28] The party did not have one, so they started gathering material to make an improvised American flag. It was described as: "small square of heavy cloth, light blue in color, upon which is pasted a white paper star of eight points, while a piece of paper is pasted along the top bar with the following motto written upon it: " California is ours as long as the stars remain." [27]

1850s

On September 9, 1850, San Franciscans celebrated California's admission to the union with a parade. From the flagpole in Portsmouth Square they flew an American flag with one large star that represented the state. [29] Another flag flown to celebrated California's statehood was the first state flag. The flag contained the state seal in the center of its field, with it being painted by William Henry Powell. The whole thing Measuring at 8 feet wide and 12 feet long. [30] [31]

From 1850-1858 people across the country started flying the American flags with their 31 stars arranged in the "Grand Luminary" pattern. [32] This is when the stars in the canton are arranged to make one big star. [32]

During the 1856 presidential election supporters of Republican nominee Fremont raised a Bear Flag in San Francisco, [33] also one raised in Marysville but with the names: "Fremont and Dayton," on it. [34]

The Civil War period

During the secession crisis and the early part of the American Civil War in 1861, California was divided between supporters of the union and supporters of southern secession. In the months leading up to the war, some opposed to the government in Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County showed support for secession by flying variants of the Bear Flag instead of the Stars and Stripes. [50] : 194–195  One version of the Bear Flag that was flown on May 29 in Los Angeles was described as "...a deep red flag with a black bear painted on it." [42] [51] Duncan Beaumont raised a Pacific Republic flag from his boat in the Stockton to show his loyalty to secession. A party of men raised a banner containing a small American flag in the top corner and in the center a huge eagle with a grizzly bear below it. [52] It was cut down by a different group of loyal unionists later in the day. [43] The group thought it was a sign of disunion, but the day after they raised it in a different part of town to show their support for the Union. [44] [45] Soon secessionist across the state started raising other flags to express their sympathy for the Confederacy. These include: Palmetto flags, [53] [54] 7 stars flags, [55] Stars and Bars, [56] rattlesnake flags, [57] [58] and 15-24 star US flags. [59] [60] [61] Not to be outdone, Unionists raised several flags to show support for the United States. The flags were the Stars and stripes [62] (Sometimes with patriotic mottos), [63] [64] Union club flags, [65] Militia flags, [66] [67] German flags, [68] [69] and Irish flags. [70] [71] [72]

During the war, Union soldiers routinely took action against secessionists who ran up Confederate flags in many places, including above the California statehouse in Sacramento, then disappeared before they could be caught. [50] On July 4, 1861, during U.S. Independence Day celebrations in Sacramento, Democrat and veteran Maj. J. P. Gillis celebrated the independence of the United States from Great Britain and the secession of the Confederacy by unfurling a flag based on the first Confederate flag, the Stars and Bars, but containing seventeen stars rather than the Confederate banner's seven, and marching down the street to the cheers of pro-slavery individuals. [73] Unionist Jack Biderman denounced Gillis, tore the flag from his hands, and taunted secessionists to try to take the flag back. No one tried. Because Gillis' flag was seized by Jack Biderman, it is referred to either as the "Biderman Flag" or the "Gillis Flag." [56] The flag is preserved in the state capitol.

Digital reconstruction of the state flag flown in the Bay area in 1864 from newspaper accounts 1864CaliforniaStateflag.png
Digital reconstruction of the state flag flown in the Bay area in 1864 from newspaper accounts

In June of 1861, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ordered three flags to be made by Norcross. One of them was based on the first state flag, with the "California Coat of arms" added to its field. It cost $50 ($1,791 adjusted for inflation) to make and was hung in the chamber of the board of supervisors with the other two flags. [46] A year later a banner of similar design was hung in the city, but the seal was encircled by small American flags. [75]

On July 14, 1864, a party under Gen. McDowell took a ship around the Bay Area to inspect the fortifications. The ship, called The Goliah, flew the flag of the United States and a state flag described as "...a body of red with a large circle in the centre, representing the great seal of the State." [74]

Flag of the governor

The flag of the governor of California Flag of the Governor of California.svg
The flag of the governor of California

The flag of the governor of California consists of the seal of California centered on a field of azure. Like many other U.S. governors' flags, there are four five-point stars at the corners of the field.

The flag of California serves as a basis for the flag of the fictional New California Republic in the popular post-apocalyptic Fallout franchise. [76]

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Some examples of Californian state flags from the early 20th century (before the design was officially standardized in 1953) display multiple if minor degrees of variation
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Digital reproduction of the first Bear Flag
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Digital reproduction of Todd's Bear Flag
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Todd's original Bear Flag, fabricated and flown at the Sonoma revolt, photographed in 1890
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Sailors waving the flag in San Diego.
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The flag flying in front of San Francisco City Hall

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