Our flag, its history and changes from 1607 to 1910 (1910)
Champion, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), b. 1832 · New Haven, Conn., The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co. · leaf 24
ly men-tioned (5), also a serpent coiled, ready to spring, with the motto,Beware! (6) Dont tread on me, or Come if you dare! Thesnake flag was used by the Southern States from 1776 to June, 1777.A chain of thirteen links, a ring, a tiger, and a field of wheat were alsoused as devices. In October,… … DoHtT^ead On he- —13— This is frequently mentioned in the records of 1775 and 1776 as usedby vessels. The first striped flag was flung to the breeze and kissed by thefree air of Heaven, at Cambridge, Mass., Washingtons Headquarters,January 1, 1776. Washington says: We hoisted the Union flag in…
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