Our flag. Origin and progress of the flag of the United States of America, with an introductory account of the symbols, standards, banners and flags of ancient and modern naitons (1872)
Preble, George Henry · Albany, J. Munsell · leaf 73
y troops, because New York andNew Jersey were originally settled by theDutch, and Jersey blue and buff figured in theNetherlands insignia. It was displayed in viewof the combined French and American armiesin the great culminating event of the Revolu-tion, the capitulation of the British army… … 313 N EW YORK ^ ^
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