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A New Constellation: Through the Years to Flag Day |
| Section: CULTURE / HERITAGE |
| Author: Peggy Robbins |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1995 |
| Size: 2,060 Words, 12,494 Characters |
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That is why Americans today celebrate June 14 as Flag Day. But it does not mean that after June 1777 Americans began living, fighting under, and honoring the flag the nation knows and loves today. The congressional resolution was not even published until September 2, 1777, and Gen. George Washington, despite repeated requests, did not get official flags until 1783; by that time, all the big battles of the war had been fought. In the meantime, Continental troops fought under a variety of flags. Most had stars and stripes, but they were not uniform in design. The early models included the following:
* The Grand Union (sometimes called Great Union) flag, a modification of the British Meteor flag, bore the combined red cross of Saint John and white cross of Saint Andrew and alternate red an...
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... 1972.
Richard Morris, editor, Encyclopedia of American History, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1953.
David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace, The People's Almanac #1, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, N.Y., 1975.
David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace, The People's Almanac #2, William Morrow and Co., New York, 1978.The World Almanac, Newspaper Enterprise Association, New York, 1982 edition.
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