Young folks' history of the United States . ven,This is the way the English papersdescribe the flag taken from a colonialvessel in 1776 ; and a map of Bostonwas published in Paris that same*year, which represented this flag. TheAmerican troops still sometimes usedthe British flag, considering themselvesstill a part of the British nation. WhileWashington was in command at Cam-bridge, he unfurled before the army anew flag, which had thirteen stripes ofred and white, as now, but had upon itscorner the red and white cross whichthen marked the British flag. Thiswas the flag carried by the Ameri-can
Young folks' history of the United States . ven,This is the way the English papersdescribe the flag taken from a colonialvessel in 1776 ; and a map of Bostonwas published in Paris that same*year, which represented this flag. TheAmerican troops still sometimes usedthe British flag, considering themselvesstill a part of the British nation. WhileWashington was in command at Cam-bridge, he unfurled before the army anew flag, which had thirteen stripes ofred and white, as now, but had upon itscorner the red and white cross whichthen marked the British flag. Thiswas the flag carried by the Ameri-can troops into Boston when theroyal troops marched out; butCongress voted, June 17, 1777,that the flag of the thirteenUnited States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, andthe union be thirteen whitestars in the blue field. The first person to hoistthis new flag over an Ameri-can ship-of-war was Jones, afterwards fa-mous in fight. It is said that the flag was first madeand given to him by some patriotic ladies in Philadel-.
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