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The unfolding of Old Glory (1920)

[Minton, Telfair Marriott] [from old catalog] · [Boston, Mass. · leaf 12

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h carried the Pilgrimfathers to Plymouth, Mass., in 1620, flew at their fore-tops the flag of England and at their main-tops they carriedthe Kings Colours. So these two flags became our firstflags. In 1630 the colonists who came to Boston, Mass.,brought with them the first colonial flag—an… … This flag, or more properly speaking this ensign, theRed Ensign of England, was our flag, (MassachusettsBay, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhodeisland andProvidence Plantations, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina from practically the beginning of these colo-nies, and of New York, New…

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