Three thousand miles and 70 years after Betsy Ross supposedly sewed 13 stars onto a flag with 13 red and white stripes, Nancy Kelsey was, according to legend, stitching the flag for California's ...

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.

Like the Confederate cross of St. Andrew, the Bear Flag is a symbol whose time has come and gone. When the Legislature voted to adopt the rebel standard as the state flag in 1911, California was ...

CALIFORNIA (KTXL) — The California state flag that we know today was not adopted by the state legislature until 1953, but how did a bear, a red star and the words “California Republic&#… ...

Here’s a history lesson you’re unlikely to find in textbooks: California’s bear flag has links to white supremacy and pro-slavery.

These flags are the work of the Native Daughters of the Golden West Marguerite Parlor 12, based in Placerville. Overnight, these California flags sprang up for a specific and historical reason.