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FLAG RESEARCH SITES

NAVA - North American Vexillological Association - scholarly, non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the pursuit of Vexillology, the scientific study of flag history and symbolism.
http://www.nava.org/

The Flag Research Center - Site of the “Father” of Vexillology, Whitney Smith, Ph.d.
http://www.flagresearchcenter.com/

NAVA’s Members Favorite Flag Books as of 1999
http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Resources/books.htm

NAVA’s Illustrated Dictionary of Vexillology, ed. By Richard R. Gideon
http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Information/dictionary/index.html

Flags of the World - premier online resource about flags
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/

BEAR FLAG SITES

Flags Over California
http://www.militarymuseum.org/Flags_Over_Ca.pdf

California State Capitol Museum
www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov

100 years ago Bear Flag became Official
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/31/3363999/100-years-ago-this-week-bear-flag.html

Order The Bear Flag Kit, Califonia Museum
http://www.californiamuseum.org/discover/teachers/classroom/order-bear-flag-kit

Learn California – The Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.learncalifornia.org/doc.asp?id=605

Golden Gate National Recreational Area, The Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/bear-flag-revolt.htm

Raising of the Bear Flag Monument
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=15268

California Bear Flag: Symbol of Strength
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/projectwild/bear/33.pdf

Secrets of the Patriarch’s Bear Flag
Information on what may be the oldest extant Bear Flag
http://www.mormontimes.com/article/142/Secrets-of-the-patriarchs-bear-flag

Happy Birthday, Bear Flag
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/02/am-alert-happy-birthday-bear-f.html

Searching for John Grider
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=perspectives/searching-john-grider-african-american-bear-flag-veteran

State’s Bear Flag a Century Old
http://www.kmj580.com/pages/landing_news?States-Bear-Flag-a-Century-Old=1&blockID=403415&feedID=806

California Historical Society, The Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/timeline/chapter5/c003.html

Bear Flag Monument
http://www.noehill.com/sonoma/cal0007.asp

Bear in Mind Bear graphics from the UC Berkeley Library http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/give/bene61/bene61story5.html

Sonoma Valley Historical Society and Depot Park Museum
http://www.vom.com/depot

The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
http://www.sfmuseum.org/

The California Bear Flag @ the Virtual Museum, S.F.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/toddflag.html

Fremont in the Conquest of San Francisco by John Bidwell, Century Magazine February 1891
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/fremont.html

Rancho and Mission Days in Alta California by M. Vallejo, Century Magazine December 1890
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/rancho.html

1846 California Bear Flags @ FOTW(Flags of the World)
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ca46.html

California (U.S.) @ FOTW (Flags of the World)
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ca.html

The Town of Healdsburg's Grassroots Community website
http://www.ourhealdsburg.com/history/flags.htm
http://www.ourhealdsburg.com/history/historyhome.htm

LearnCalifornia.org - The electronic resource for students, teachers, and everyone else interested in California history
http://learncalifornia.org

Netstate.com - Online information site about all 50 U.S. states
http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html

Bear Flags of Sonoma @ Bear Flag Sesquicentennial site
http://www.vom.com/bearflag/sobearfl.html

150th Anniversary Raising of the Bear Flag
http://www.vom.com/bearflag/bearflag.html

Raising of the Bear Flag at Sonoma @ Bear Flag Sesquicentennial site
http://www.vom.com/bearflag/revolt.html

Wikipedia on the California Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic

Wikipedia on the Flag of California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_California

Snopes.com on the Bear Flag resulting from a mistake
http://www.snopes.com/lost/bearflag.asp

California State Library description of the State Flag
http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading2

50states.com graphic and brief description about the bear Flag
http://www.50states.com/flag/caflag.htm

California Military Museum page on the Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.militarymuseum.org/BFR.html

California Military Museum page on Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.militarymuseum.org/fremont.html

u-s-history.com on the Bear Flag Republic
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1043.html

Encyclopedia Britannica article on the Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013933/Bear-Flag-Revolt

States’ Liberty Party on the California Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.liberty-ca.org/presentations/california_bear_flag_revolt.htm

California State Parks site information on 1846-1854
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=1096

Answers.com on the Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.answers.com/topic/bear-flag-revolt

Netstate.com on the California Bear Flag
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/ca_flag.htm

Maria Carrillo on the Bear Flag Revolt
http://www.binder-riha.com/ottavia/bearflag.html

National Park Service on the Sonoma Plaza History
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ca/ca44.htm

Wikipedia Image of the California State Flag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:California_state_flag.png

The Bear Flag Show
http://www.magicalmoonshine.org/bearflag.htm

Friends of the BFM

The California Arts Council
http://www.cac.ca.gov

Artist Jillian Kogan
http://www.jilliankogan.com

Artist Steve Greenberg
http://www.greenberg-art.com

California Historical Museums Guide
A directory of historical museums in California
http://www.censusfinder.com/california-historical-museums.htm

Bob Graham's John Charles Fremont and related website.
http://www.longcamp.com/index.html

Updated February 27, 2011