 | Albert Plympton Southwick - 1884 - 244 pages
...of giving his authority. 278. When were the Stars and Stripes adopted ? Congress, on the fourteenth of June, 1777, "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen...derived from the arms of General Washington, which contain three stars in the upper portion, and three bars running across the escutcheon. There is no... | |
 | Titbits - 1884 - 376 pages
..." Stars and Stripes "? The American flag originated in a resolution of Congress, June 18th, 1777, " That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The combination is thought to be derived from the arms of General Washington, which contained three... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1884 - 900 pages
...Ordo Sechrum " (a new order of ages). Previously, June 14, 1777, Congress voted " That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternately red...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. This flag continued till Vermont (1791) and Kentucky (1792) were admitted, when it was changed (Act... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1884 - 828 pages
...of ages). Previously, June 14, 1777, Congress voted "That the flag of the United Stales be tiiirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union...in a. blue field, representing a new constellation. This flag continued till Vermont (1791) and Kentucky (1792) were admitted, when it was changed (Act... | |
 | 1902 - 854 pages
...following resolution: "Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." (See stanza near the close of this article). The inattentive habit of Congress in regard to what seemed... | |
 | Carl Julius Ploetz - 1884 - 648 pages
...June 14. Congress voted " that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. The people of New Hampshire Grants declared themselves an independent state under the name of Vermont... | |
 | 1884 - 528 pages
...Continental Congress resolved " that the flag of the thirteen United .States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." This was the flag which, first unfurled by Captain John Paul Jones on the "Ranger," became the standard... | |
 | William Digby - 1887 - 452 pages
...June, 1777, that Congress "resolved that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." When St. Leger appeared before Fort Schuyler, in the beginning of the following August, the fort was... | |
 | 1976 - 220 pages
...Congress, June 14, 1777. Resolved That the FLAG of the United States be THIRTEEN STRIPES alternate red and white; that the union be THIRTEEN STARS white in a blue field. Extract from minutes, CHARLES THOMSON, sec." 7 Other papers printed the resolution from September 3... | |
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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. 
