 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.  The Railway Conductor - Стр. 4521909Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1866 - Страниц: 518
...On Saturday the fourteenth of June, about the hour when the two armies first confronted each other, congress "resolved that the flag of the thirteen United...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The immovable fortitude of Washington in his camp at Middlebrook was the salvation of that beautiful... | |
 | 1866 - Страниц: 278
...the American army. But in 1777, Congress, on the 19th day of June, passed the following resolution: " Resolved^ That the flag of the thirteen United States...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." A constellation, however, could not well be represented on a flag, and so it was changed into a circle... | |
 | 1866 - Страниц: 288
...army. But in 1777, Congress, on the 19th day of June, passed the following resolution : " IZesolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." A constellation, however, could not well be represented on a flag, and so it was changed into a circle... | |
 | Congregationalist and Herald of Gospel Liberty - 1867 - Страниц: 542
...following Resolution, which, however, was not made public until the 3d of September following, viz. : — "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States...stripes, alternate red and white ; that the Union [that is, the device in the upper left-hand corner, to take the place of the now incongruous crosses... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1867 - Страниц: 36
...resolution adopted 14th June, 1777, and made public 3d September, 1777, determined " that the Flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation." Here the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew gave... | |
 | Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent - 1867 - Страниц: 178
...exhibited a snake with thirteen rattles, in a crimson ground interlaced with white. On the 14th June, 1777, Congress resolved, " that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternately red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white, on a blue field—representing... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1867 - Страниц: 492
...Continental Congress of America, evincing on the part of its members a notably nice discrimination of colors, resolved, "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white; and that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing... | |
 | 1868 - Страниц: 422
...following resolution : " Resol/oed, That the flag of the thirteen 'United States be thirteen Btripes, alternate red and -white, that the union be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." A constellation, however, could not well be represented on a flag, and so it was changed into a circle... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1869 - Страниц: 856
...Congress June 14, 1777, thus providing a snbBtitute for the crosses of St. George and St. Andrews, that — "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a Blue Field — representing a new eonttellation." tion was established, such to be the true political condition. " The UNION and INDEPENDENCE... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - Страниц: 410
...defiance to cruelty and opposition. 4. On the 14th day of June, 1777, it was resolved by Congress, " That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and that the Union be thirteen white stars in the blue field." This resolution was made public September... | |
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