Ohio archæological and historical publications (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by F.J. Heer · leaf 12
shington, 3 Mr. Herbert Jenney, chairman of the committee, said inintroducing General Cowen: To-day has no significance in the history of Fort Wash-ington, but it is our National Flag Day, the anniversary of theday—June 14, 1777—on which the American Congress in ses-sion at Philadelphia,… … Although the independence of the states had been declarednearly a year before, this resolution is the first recorded legis-lative action relating to a national flag for the new sovereignty. The thirteen stripes were not a new feature; the flag of thethirteen united colonies raised at Washingtons…
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