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Texas State Seal
Lone Star State
Texas is called the Lone Star State because of the design of the state flag: a broad vertical blue stripe at left,
centered by a single white star, with horizontal bars of white and red on the right. The red means
courage, the white means liberty and the blue stands for loyalty. The star has five points, one
for each letter of the state's name.
Pledge to the
Texas Flag
"Honor the Texas Flag.
I pledge allegiance to thee.
Texas, one and
indivisible." State Song: Texas Our Texas
The music was
written by the late William J. Marsh, and the words by Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright, both of
Fort Worth. It was adopted in 1929.
Listen to the State Song
Click to hear the
song!
Texas, our Texas! All hail the mighty State!
Texas, our Texas! So wonderful,
so great!
Boldest and grandest, withstanding every test;
O empire wide and glorious, you
stand supremely best.
(Chorus) God bless you, Texas! And keep you brave and strong.
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
Texas, O Texas! Your freeborn
single star,
Sends out its radiance to nations near and far.
Emblem of freedom! It sets
our hearts aglow
With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo.
Texas, dear Texas!
From tyrant grip now free,
Shines forth in splendor your star of destiny!
Mother of
Heroes! We come your children true
Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for
you.
Six other flags have flown over Texas. They are:
Spain - 1519-1685
France - 1685-1690
Spain - 1690-1821
Mexico - 1821-1836
Republic of Texas -
1836-1845
United States - 1845-1861
Confederate States - 1861-1865
United States -
1865 to the present. Texas gets its name from "tejas,"
an Indian word meaning
"friends."
Texas has 624 miles of coastline
running along the Gulf of Mexico.
There are 254 counties in Texas.
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Tree: Pecan
State Fish: Guadalupe Bass
State
Fruit: Texas red grapefruit
State Folk Dance: Square Dance
State Gem: Texas blue topaz
State Dish: Chili
State
Flower: Bluebonnet
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Shell: Lightening
Whelk
State Motto: Friendship State
State Capital: Austin
28th state to enter the
union, joining
the United States on Dec. 29, 1845
Texas City Names
"TWIN CITIES"
Boston, Italy, New London, Paris,
Cleveland, Dublin, Edinburg,
China,
Egypt, Kokomo, Newark, Nevada FUN NAMES
Bigfoot, Bonus, Happy, Cool,
Cut and Shoot, Dime Box, Divot,
Ding Dong, Direct, Earth, Echo,
Friendship, Frog, Frognot,
Frost,
Happy Landing, Jumbo, Lively,
Log Cabin, Mudville, Muleshoe,
Odds, Panorama,
Paradise,
Pirates Cove, Poetry, Quicksand,
Rugby, Scissors, Tall Tree,
Uncertain,
Utopia
Other Texas Links:
Lone Star Junction
Texas Monthly Magazine
Texas Tourism Dept.
Texas Travel Information
Texas Postcards |
