In 1603, by the death of Queen Elizabeth, James VIof Scotland became James I of England. His cherishedscheme was to form a union of Scotland and England, buthis nearest attainment thereto was the drafting of a Unionflag, which contained the blended crosses of St. Andrewand St. George. This flag was… … The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and theDiscovery, which brought the colonists to Virginia in1607, and the Mayflower, which 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…
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