Comments on: Upside Down Texas Flag Update

By: Terry in Texas

Terry in Texas — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:31:12 +0000

Being a native Texan, I have seen the flag flown upside down many times. I believe most are just honest mistakes when attaching the flag

By: Deborah Hendrick

Deborah Hendrick — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:59:46 +0000

I understand Billy—it’s soooo frustrating. Last fall while watching the Miss America pageant on television, I noticed that the Texas flag was hung the wrong way. Years ago, I saw the flag of Chile on a flag pole at a court house in Texas. oops. I bet the flag of Maryland has gets flown upside down all the time, too. Thanks for writing, Billy

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:57:43 +0000

This is slightly off the subject, but the flag of CHILE has been flown, by mistake, over some public buildings in Texas. Take a look at the Chile flag on-line and you can see it is pretty close to Texas

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:50:48 +0000

I was born and raised in Texas…..now living in California….I noticed a rural home near here that had one of those small windmills in the yard…the vane of the windmill had been painted to resemble the Texas flag, but the red was on top, with white on the bottom….I took down the address and mailed the owners a note that it was upside down, and asked if they could correct it when they got a chance…..will see what happens

By: Deborah Hendrick

Deborah Hendrick — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:08:03 +0000

Oh NO, Dylan. I had not noticed the Time-Warner commercial. I will look for it. I write letters and I make phone calls when I find this sort of thing. Aaargh.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:43:26 +0000

I can’t stand when people do this. I have seen this on a public school, city fire station, several homes and people holding the flag in celebration. Recently, I was watching television and noticed the Texas flag is upside down on a Time Warner Cable commercial. They are talking about how it’s not right to charge for HD services and how that doesn’t fly in Texas around football season. Way to go TWC!

By: Deborah Hendrick

Deborah Hendrick — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:41:45 +0000

Harold---To my knowledge, from its official adoption, there was no specific meaning assigned to the colors in the Lone Star flag. But the official retirement ceremony for the Texas flag (enacted in 2001 and added to the Texas flag code) ascribes meaning to the colors of the flag. It is found at the very end of the document. I have edited the text, but in short it says: The blue field in me [the flag] stands for the valor of our ancestors in the battles for our country. My white field stands for the purity in all our Texas hearts! It represents the honor that each of us should pay to our state each day. The red is for all of the men and women who have died in service of our state--whether as members of the armed services or as citizen Samaritans. Thank you for writing Harold. Best Wishes, Deborah

By: Harold Kahla

Harold Kahla — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:06 +0000

Is is true the White, being on top, represents the clouds and the red on bottom represents the blood from battles protecting our state.

By: Deborah Hendrick

Deborah Hendrick — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:27:09 +0000

Hi Gabriel---here is what it says in the Texas flag code regarding an upside-down flag: Sec. 3100.053. ORIENTATION ON FLAGPOLE OR FLAGSTAFF. If the state flag is displayed on a flagpole or flagstaff, the white stripe should be at the top of the flag, except as a signal of dire distress in an instance of extreme danger to life or property. The entire Texas Flag Code can be found here.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:28:48 +0000

The inverted Texas flag does have a unique meaning. It means Texans are in distress or have declared war. I certainly hope that it was a simple mistake and not a declaration of war on anyone.