 | Peter Force - 1836 - 452 pages
...une, 1777 : — " 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 Eeld, representing a new constellation." On the 13th of January, 17!) t, after the admission of Vermont... | |
 | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1841 - 284 pages
...resolutions. " 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. Resolved, that Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Ranger. Resolved, that William... | |
 | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1845 - 310 pages
...resolutions. " 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. Resolved, that Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Ranger. Resolved, that William... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 356 pages
...Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States, be |J«» f lhe thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white...in a blue field, representing a new constellation.! • • 32 CHAPTER 6. In Congress—June 18,1777. General office™ Resolved, That a general officer... | |
 | 1894 - 668 pages
...gave way to thirteen stare, arranged abo in a circle. At last Congress resolved, on June 14, 1777, " that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing я new constellation." Hence the " Stars nnd Stripes." 0. P. HALB. [See 7 lh Э. vi. 328, 494.] CHRONOGRAM.—The... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 pages
...year, Congress "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." Since then we have added a star for every new state. 193 October 29. Lake Mcguntic and the Chaudière.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 pages
...year, 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." Since then we have added a star for every new state. 193 October 29. L«ke Megaotic and the Chaudière.... | |
 | 1852 - 650 pages
...of the stars and stripes in the American flag. His Query might be answered briefly by stating that the American Congress, on the 14th of June, 1777,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." But your correspondent wishes to know the origin of the combination, and who first suggested the idea.... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pages
...stripes in the American flag. His Query might be answered briefly by stating that the American Congre-s, on the 14th of June, 1777, "Resolved that the flag...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." But your correspondent wishes to know the urigin of the combination, and who first suggested the idea.... | |
 | John Frost - 1854 - 664 pages
...the flag of the thirteen United States, henceforth be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; and the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Jones immediately commissioned the Ranger, and, singular to say, was the first to display the new flag... | |
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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. 
