 that the flag of the thirteen 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," they also resolved "that Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to...  Pacific Educational Journal - Seite 1331894Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | W. D. Cooper - 1818 - 314 Seiten
...Burgoyne equally excited the astonishment of friends and enemies. On the 14th of June, the Congress resolved, that the flag of the Thirteen United States...alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen start, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. It was not till the third of September... | |
 | Peter Force - 1833 - 356 Seiten
...to take command of. The Flag of the United States was adopted OB the 14th of June, 777, when it was Resolved, That the Flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, lernatered and white; and tha' the union be thirteen stars, white in a lue field, representing a new... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 378 Seiten
...country. 3. This year, also, congress adopted a national flag. The resolution was in these words : " Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States...red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, in a blue field, representing a new constellation." 4. For nearly a year before the surrender of Burgoyne,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 Seiten
...stars were not used until 1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress "resolved that the flag ol the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the Union be thirteen starr, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Since then we have added a star for... | |
 | 1852 - 782 Seiten
...His Query might be answered briefly by stating that the American Congre-s, on the 14th of June, 1777, "Resolved 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... | |
 | 1852 - 650 Seiten
...His Query might be answered briefly by stating that the American Congress, on the 14th of June, 1777, "Resolved 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... | |
 | 1899 - 1190 Seiten
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 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 436 Seiten
...than a son of Lacedaemon. THE STARS AND STRIPES. The American Congress, on the 14th of June, 1777, " Resolved 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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...than a son of Lacedaamon. • THE STARS A\D STRIPES. The American Congress, on the 14th of June, 1777, "Resolved 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... | |
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