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File:William Swasey bear flag 1846.jpg

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– Jonesey95 (talk) 05:51, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi i'm the person who made the flag sorry for messing so late. I got it the design of the flag from page 148 of Bancroft's Works: History of California vol. 5 "According to a 'true history of the Bear Flag,' in the Santa Rosa Sonoma Democrat, Aug. 8, 1874, copied in Napa Register, Aug. 15, 1874, and in other papers, we are told that the project of a flag came up in a ' casual conversation ' between Todd, Dewell, and Cowie. Dewell obtained from Mrs W. B. Elliott the flannel, domestic, and needles and thread. Blue drilling was obtained elsewhere. Cowie and Dewell had been saddlers, and the three young men proceeded to make the flag without consulting any one else, by sewing together alternate strips of red, white, and blue(!), Todd painting a star in the upper corner and a bear in the lower. Swasey," I thought i was and It was an interesting design and very different from all the other bear Flags. It was also to show that there wasn't a standard design for Bear Flags during the revolt. Many people had different flags during this time like peter strom bear on hind legs with blue star, also theirs roberts semple flag also described in page 148 of Bancroft's Works: History of California vol. 5 "An account from Semple's MSS. in Hesperian, iii. 389-90, has it that the red stripe was stained with berry juice, and under it were the words 'The People's Rights." Lots of different flags at that time. It would be cool to add the flag back. Tablelegs6 (talk) 04:13, 8 May 2024 (UTC)