The Joshua D. Brown Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas will be holding its end-of-year luncheon on Tuesday, May 25th at the historic Schreiner Mansion at Riverhill Country Club in Kerrville. Scheduled to begin at 11:00am, the luncheon will feature local retired physician Dr. Henry David Pope, Jr., who will present the story of the Troutman Flag, the first “Lone Star” flag to fly over Texian troops during the Texas Revolution of 1836. Dr. Pope is the third great grandson of Joanna Troutman, a Georgia teenager whose brothers and cousins were drawn by the appeal for soldiers to fight against ...