HemisFair Plaza World Flags -- San Antonio TX USA
N 29° 25.051 W 098° 28.961
14R E 550183 N 3254355
The flag plaza at HemisFair Park features flags in use when the first groups of emigrants from foreign countries began coming to Texas in large numbers
Waymark Code: WMXN6R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2018
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The 24 flags at HemisFair Flag Plaza in front of the Institute of Texan Cultures represent the flags in use at the time when large numbers of emigrants left their home countries and moved to Texas. Many of these flags represent eighteenth and nineteenth century countries that no longer exist in the modern era. These flags are arranged in 8 rows of 3 flags.
Each set of 3 flags a sign with a graphic of each of the 3 flags, short factoid about the country, and this text:
"Flags have flown in this plaza since HemisFair '68. They symbolize Texas' early immigrants. Most represent the flags in use when the first groups began to emigrate in large numbers. Though not every homeland is represented, these flags honor the heritage of all people who shaped Texas into what it is today."
The countries represented are as follows, from left to right:
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain
Poland
Saxony (an independent pre-German Empire grand duchy)
Scotland
Norway
Netherlands
Mecklenburg (an independent pre-German Empire grand duchy)
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
Ireland
Hesse (an independent pre-German Empire grand duchy)
Greece
Denmark
England
France
Czech Republic
China (Manchu Dragon flag of Imperial China)
Belgium
United States
Mexico
the Republic of Texas
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