Appeal to Heaven Flag Size:Full-scale Size (45 by 31 inches) Galveston was closer to the

Galveston was closer to the mail population centers of early Texas

oil brought new wealth to the growing city on the plains

being Americans by birth

which had completed a line between Hempstead and Brenham which extended on to Austin in the early 1870s

Bastrop and San Antonio de Bexar in Texas and on to Mexico providing a vital artery for travel to and from Texas

Appeal to Heaven Flag Size:Full-scale Size (45 by 31 inches) Galveston was closer to theDefiance and Grace A proud evergreen pine, its needles etched against a crisp white field, stands resolute at the center a sentinel of liberty rooted in the rugged soil of early American resolve. Above it, the bold black words "An Appeal to Heaven" invoke divine justice against tyranny. Born in the crucible of the American Revolution, the Appeal to Heaven flag was first flown in 1775 by the fledgling American navy under George Washingtons command.