History shows there was a seventh flag – the flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande. Texas had just become a republic in 1836, but Mexico still laid claim to the land south of the Nueces River.

Migrants illegally in the United States briefly tried to claim an island in Texas by plating a foreign flag, which was quickly taken down, authorities said. The flag, which resembles the Colombian ...

Laredo has the distinction of flying seven flags, the Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande, in addition to the Six Flags of Texas. Founded in 1755, Laredo grew from a villa to the capital of the ...

No sooner had CORTINAS crossed the Rio Grande than he lowered the flag of his country, white, red and green, and hoisted the stars and stripes, which was enthusiastically greeted by the Mexican ...

Due to Laredo’s history as the capital of a short-lived independent nation, the Republic of the Rio Grande, Laredo flies seven flags rather than the six that the rest of Texas has lived under.

Mexican Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña displayed a 1830s map showing California and Texas as Mexican territory ...

The sight of a Venezuelan flag flying on an island in the Rio Grande provoked a vigorous response from Texas state troopers — and a bit of rhetorical chest-beating from the agency's media ...