The story of Patriots' day, Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, with poems brought out on the first observation of the anniversary holiday (1895)
Varney, George Jones, 1836- [from old catalog] · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 119
this flag, made tothe. Massachusetts Histor-ical Society in January,1886, was as follows: ** Itwas originally designed inEngland, in 1660-70, forthe three-county troops inMassachusetts, and became one of the acceptedstandards of the organized militia of this State,and as such it was used by the… … 1 For the account of the bearing of this flag at Concord, see page 94.104 THE FLAGS OF THE REVOLUTION I05 banner carried by the Middlesex regiment from thatdate, and was the standard of the patriots at theinitial conflict of the Revolution. It is, therefore,one of the most valuable relics of the…