The story of the Union Jack; how it grew and what it is, particularly in its connection with the history of Canada (1897)
Cumberland, Barlow, 1846-1913 · Toronto W. Briggs · leaf 36
* Ross Episode, Preble, p. 205. Origins of National Flags. 29 of the design. Upon the tombstone in Sul-grave Church, Northamptonshire, England, wasto be seen the shield (7) of the Weshyntons,or Washingtons, an old English comity family,who traced their lineage back into the fom^-teentli century.… … 9. Washingtons Seai>s. Cromwell and the Roundheads came intopower, the Royalist Washington emigrated toVirginia, in 1657, bringing out his family andwith them his family shield, on which arevshown three stars above alternate stripes ofred and white. Here settling upon consider-able estates, he…
Flags -- Great Britain
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