Plan of San Diego banner or sash

Object/Artifact

Museum of South Texas History

Name/Title

Plan of San Diego banner or sash

Entry/Object ID

2009.006.019

Description

Banner or sash used during the 1915-1916 uprising known as the Plan of San Diego. Banner is white or natural plain weave fabric, probably cotton, in the shape of a long parallelogram or slanted rectangle, 37 to 37 ½ in. long and 4 1/2 in. wide. Banner consists of two pieces of fabric, hemmed at one short edge over a fragment of a red fabric tube or cord and two self-fabric streamers, 3 in. long each. Each long piece of fabric printed in black on exterior, “LIBERTAD, IGUALIDAD E INDEPENDENCIA.” Banner is one item in the collection of material belonging to Agustin S. de la Garza, one of the leaders of the Plan of San Diego.

Collection

Agustin Solis de la Garza Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.006

Source or Donor

Gerardo de la Garza

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Agustin S. de la Garza Collection

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century