The stars and stripes, from Washington to Wilson, 1777-1914 .. (1914)
Stewart, Charles West, 1859-1929 · Washington, D.C., The Navy publishing co. · leaf 35
n used in the UnitedStates Navy boat-flag for many years and has recently beenreaffirmed by Executive Order. The five-pointed star, with onepoint upward, is an ancient symbol of authority and dominion ofIndia, Persia, and Egypt. It is a sacred symbol in Christianchurches, and symbolizes dominion.… … AMERICAN FLAG OF REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, ACCORDINGTO PEALE AND TRUMBULL Peale and Trumbull have painted the flag of the RevolutionaryWar period with thirteen five-pointed stars in a circle. The flagof the Third Maryland Regiment, preserved in the State House,Annapolis, Maryland, has in the Union…
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