180 years ago, on June 14, 1846, a group of Americans in the Californian town of Sonoma decided to take a historically significant step: they wrested Upper California from Mexican control and declared it an independent republic. Since the new country did not have its own flag, its inhabitants decided to improvise: they sewed a red star, evoking the Lone Star from the Texas flag, on a white cloth in the upper left corner, and on the right they pl…
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180 years ago, on June 14, 1846, a group of Americans in the Californian town of Sonoma decided to take a historically significant step: they wrested Upper California from Mexican control and declared it an independent republic. Since the new country did not have its own flag, its inhabitants decided to improvise: they sewed a red star, evoking the Lone Star from the Texas flag, on a white cloth in the upper left corner, and on the right they pl…