{"id":21,"date":"2007-12-09T08:08:12","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T13:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2022-02-21T06:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T11:54:30","slug":"6-flags-over-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/6-flags-over-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Flags Over Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Conventional wisdom notes that six national flags flew over the State of Texas at one time or another. It&#8217;s colloquial to the point of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sixflags.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Six Flags amusement parks<\/a> taking their name from it. 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