![]() ![]() history when a hurricane hit there in 1900. Galveston is still home to the worst natural disaster in U.S. Hurricanes are nothing new to Texas, especially along the gulf coast. However, there is no penalty if this is not followed. flag is one top with the state flag below that. If both flags are on the same pole, the U.S. In actuality, any state can fly their flag at the same height as the U.S. I'm wondering that maybe there was some kind of rule or law or etiquette in the mid 1800's, when Texas joined the United States, that did allow for that but I couldn't find any documents to back that up. ![]() There has long been the myth that Texas is the only state that can fly the state flag at the same height as the stars and stripes because we were an independent country at one time. ![]() Could you imagine East Texas being its own state? Or West Texas having it's own flag? Or the gulf coast of Texas having it's own license plates? Its wild to think that it could be possible. Its a proposal that has been brought up a couple of times and almost passed. This can be done because of a stipulation in the treaty that brought Texas into the United States. Its something that could be done without approval from our government in Washington, D.C. Its a state that is big enough that it could be split into five individual states. ![]()
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