{"id":335379,"date":"2026-06-13T22:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/335379\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:33:22","slug":"rare-28-star-flag-highlights-flag-day-celebration-at-texas-state-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/335379\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare 28-star flag highlights Flag Day celebration at Texas State Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2013 A rare piece of Texas and American history went on display Saturday as part of a Flag Day celebration at the Texas State Library and Archives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building featured one of the oldest flags in the state\u2019s collection, a 28-star U.S. flag that flew during the time Texas joined the United States in 1846.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The flag was on display alongside a series of presentations and discussions focused on Texas history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Visitors also had the opportunity to view the original 1876 Texas Constitution, which remains the foundation of state government today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Organizers said the event was designed to give the public a hands-on look at key moments in Texas history while highlighting the significance of Flag Day, which marks the adoption of the U.S. flag in 1777.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The celebration is part of broader \u201cTexas America250\u201d events taking place across the state leading up to the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2013 A rare piece of Texas and American history went on display Saturday as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75217,27,29,3343,119808,28,119807],"class_list":["post-335379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-american-history","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-history","tag-texas-joined-the-united-states","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-state-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}