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What you didn’t learn in history class about California’s flag
It’s a story rooted in a cunning land grab by white insurgents who hastily drew a rough image of a bear and hoisted their crude flag over what had been Mexican territory, proclaiming it to be the California Republic. Some of those men abused and enslaved Indigenous people in their quest for wealth and power.
What you didn’t learn in history class about California's flag
California’s bear flag pays tribute to white settlers who revolted against Mexico and left a trail of violence against the Indigenous population.
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