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| Jesse Ames Spencer - 1858 - Страниц: 622
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| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - 1858 - Страниц: 506
...fought under a flag, red as the blood it let from British veins — but in June 1777, the Continental Congress resolved " That the flag of the thirteen...States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and that the Union be thirteen stars white on a blue field, representing a new constellation." This... | |
| John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - Страниц: 572
...words : " Resolved, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." It has been thought that the arms of Washington may have suggested the idea for the American flag.... | |
| John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - Страниц: 578
...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... | |
| George Palmer Putnam - 1860 - Страниц: 896
...this flag i» given in a London paper, published in 1776. On the 14th June, in the succeeding year, the American Congress resolved, "that the flag of...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... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1860 - Страниц: 802
...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 - Страниц: 538
...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,... | |
| Frank Moore - 1860 - Страниц: 576
...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 - Страниц: 572
...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 17. — A MEMORIAL was lately transmitted from England to Sir Joseph York, at... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1860 - Страниц: 802
...means of ascertaining. The stripes and stars were not used until 1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress " resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate rod and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in ablueneld, representing a new constellation."... | |
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