 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 578 sider
...words : " Resolred, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue ficld, representing a new constellation." It has been thought that the arms of Washington may have... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 sider
...1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress " resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States bo thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Since then we have added a star for every new state. 4 Tradition assorts that, while the Americans... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 sider
...Congress, June 13, 1777, "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." There is a striking coincidence between the design of our flag and the arms of General Washington,... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1860 - 896 sider
...the 14th June, in the succeeding year, the American Congress resolved, "that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white, on a blue field — representing ' a new constellation.'" A new "star-spangled banner" made its appearance... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1860 - 576 sider
...Ledger, October 29. " Upoott, v. 85. ' Same, v. 87. be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; and that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. 1 JUNE 17.—A MEMORIAL was lately transmitted from England to Sir Joseph York, at the Hague, to be... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1860 - 572 sider
...House, had presented it to that lady, by whom it had been politely accepted.' CONGRESS this day resolved that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; and that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.1 JUNE... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1860 - 570 sider
...words : "Resolved, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blne field, representing a new constellation." It has been thonght that the arms of Washington may... | |
 | 1862 - 582 sider
...Quebec in 1759. On the 14th of June, 1777, it was resolved by Congress " That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and...blue field, representing a new constellation." This resolution was not made public until the following September. Relative to the early New England flag... | |
 | John F. Callan, United States - 1863 - 912 sider
...June 14, 1777. Ertntftd, That the flag of the thirteen United States, be thirteen stripes, altTnate red and white : that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue representing a new constellation.' IN CONGRESS — June 18, 1777. , That a general officer commanding... | |
 | William Thomas Roberts Saffell - 1864 - 142 sider
...declaration of independence, it was ordered by Congress, June 14, 1777, 'that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and...in a blue field, representing a new constellation.' It is not known precisely to whom is due the credit of suggesting the stars for the Union. The idea... | |
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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. 
