The stars and stripes, from Washington to Wilson, 1777-1914 .. (1914)
Stewart, Charles West, 1859-1929 · Washington, D.C., The Navy publishing co. · leaf 31
lag of thirteen horizontal red and white stripes, with the redcross of St. George on a white canton, was the distinguishingmark of flagships in the British Navy in the eighteenth century.A similar flag was flown on vessels of the East India Company.The Light Horse Troop, of Philadelphia, carried,… … THE GRAND UNION FLAG, 1776 The Grand Union Flag was the Continental standard fromJanuary, 1776, until superseded by the Stars and Stripes in 1777.The Journals of the Continental Congress tell us that BenjaminHarrison of Virginia, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, andThomas Lynch of South Carolina,…
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