The standards, flags and banners of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution (1913)
Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society · Philadelphia, The Society · leaf 47
e same as that designed by ColonelGadsden, of South Carolina, in 1776, for the Commander inChief of the American Navy. [See No. 9.] The brave Captain Gustavus Conyngham, whose memoryhas been honored by this Society, also carried the rattlesnakeflag at the masthead of his little vessels, the… … DONT TREAD ON ME I FLAG OF THE CONTINENTAL NAVY 25 9. The Flag of the Continental Navy In December, 1775, the Continental Congress provided forthe fitting-out of five ships of thirty-two guns, five of twenty-eightguns, and three of twenty-four guns, making thirteen ships in all,to form a navy of…
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