 | George Bancroft - United States - 1878 - 648 pages
...first confronted each other, congress "resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The fortitude of Washington in his camp at Middlebrook was the salvation of that flag. The guard of... | |
 | New England historic genealogical society - 1879 - 168 pages
...American congress passed the resolve : " That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen~stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." jw D. First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876. [Seal.] Boston : Rockwell... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 892 pages
...June, 1777, the American Congress "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white; that the union be...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." l Thus, full fledged, and without any debate or previous legislation, our flag was flung as a new constellation... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1880 - 1054 pages
...public till September 8 .:¿ ::.¿ !1'-. .:. ¿. .i:ipeai t..' . . . : • - ¿¿¿•-‘ ¿ pj¿fl¿¿ alternate red and white, that the union be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. ¿‘ The new constellation which it was intended . should be represented is supposed to be Lyre, which... | |
 | John Trumbull - United States - 1881 - 334 pages
...resolution on the 14th of June of that year : " That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the Union...stars, white, in a blue field, representing a new eonstellation." This Canto was written at the elose of the eontest. 'A mixed liquor, eonsisting of... | |
 | Michigan. Adjutant-General's Department - Michigan - 1882 - 1304 pages
...June, 1777, the American Congress "Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." This is the first and only legislative action, of which there is any record, for the establishment... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1882 - 454 pages
...passed the following resolution : — BesoJveil. That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Resolved, That Capt. Paul Jones be appointed to command the Ranger. Ship of War. &e. Jones took command,... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1882 - 458 pages
...: — Resolvei!, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red aud white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Resolved, That Capt. Paul Jones be appointed to command the Ranger. Ship of War. <fce. Jones took command,... | |
 | Carl Ploetz - History - 1883 - 648 pages
...proved a long one. June 14. Congress voted " that the flag of the thirteen United Suites be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. The people of New Hampshire Grants declared themselves an independent state under the name of Vermont... | |
 | Delia Wood Lyman - Chronology - 1883 - 754 pages
...States.— On June 13, 1777, Congress voted " that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, that the union be...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." There is a striking resemblance between our flag and Washington's coat of arms, from which some think... | |
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RESOLVED, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. 
