San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous city in Texas with 1,547,253 residents in 2019. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in present-day Texas in 1731. The area was still part of the Spanish Empire, and later of the Mexican Republic. It is the state’s oldest municipality, having celebrated its 300th anniversary on May 1, 2018. The flag of San Antonio is the official municipal flag of San Antonio, Texas. The sketch of the flag’s design, drawn by Spanish–American War veteran William W. Herring, was dated May 28, 1933. The design saw significantly more usage than the official flag, but was never officially adopted until 1976. The current flag is a slightly modified version of Herring’s design. The flag consists of a white star on top of a two-color background, with blue on the hoist, and red at the fly. Within the middle of the star is an illustration of The Alamo outlined and detailed in black. Red, white, and blue are the official colors of the state of Texas, as well as the de facto national colors of the United States. In addition to that, the blue symbolizes loyalty and the red represents blood, which every loyal Texan has. The Alamo illustration represents not only the battle and fort, but the city’s role in the entirety of the Texas Revolution. Full HD.