{"id":2745,"date":"2018-01-22T17:04:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T17:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2018-01-22T17:04:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T17:04:26","slug":"california-state-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/state-flags-2\/california-state-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"California State flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who knows whom William Todd is?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 625px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2745-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"347\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/California-Final-Broken.m4v?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/California-Final-Broken.m4v\">http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/California-Final-Broken.m4v<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi Folks, Patrick Page here\u2026 The first flag of <\/span><b>California <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was hastily created by a group of American settlers who revolted against Mexican control in California. \u00a0After capturing the town of Sonoma, they tore down the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/Mexico_Mexican_flag.htm\">Mexican flag<\/a> and replaced it with one they constructed from odds and ends of cloth and materials. \u00a0Legend tells that the white field and red stripe were made from women&#8217;s petticoats. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=william+todd+california+flag&amp;oq=william+todd+ca&amp;aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.16630j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\">William Todd<\/a>, cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln, drew a single red star, the words &#8220;California Republic&#8221; and a sketch of a grizzly bear, that the rebels met as they fought the Mexican army. \u00a0It was also a symbol of the settlers determination to gain independence. \u00a0That original <\/span><b>California state flag<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was kept in San Francisco until it was \u00a0destroyed in an earthquake. \u00a0The California design has remained basically the same throughout the years. <\/span><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/California_State_Flag.htm\">California State Flag<\/a> Adopted: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a01911<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who knows whom William Todd is? 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