Our country and its resources; . WHITE PLAINS BATTLE FLAGOCT. 28, 1776 The facts, however, seem to havebeen these: On June 14. 1777. theAmerican Congress adopted the fol-lowing resolution: Resolved, That the Sag of the thirteenUnited states be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union bethirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation. CONTINENTAL OR GRAND UNION FLAGRAISED AT CAMBRIDGE JAN. 2. 1776 bridge Flag, however, appears tostick, and is eminently flag continued to be used untilthe Continental Congress adoptedthe Stars and Stripes.
Our country and its resources; . WHITE PLAINS BATTLE FLAGOCT. 28, 1776 The facts, however, seem to havebeen these: On June 14. 1777. theAmerican Congress adopted the fol-lowing resolution: Resolved, That the Sag of the thirteenUnited states be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union bethirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation. CONTINENTAL OR GRAND UNION FLAGRAISED AT CAMBRIDGE JAN. 2. 1776 bridge Flag, however, appears tostick, and is eminently flag continued to be used untilthe Continental Congress adoptedthe Stars and Stripes. The so-called Betsy Ross Hag. or the tirstStars and Stripes, is enmeshedwith much romance, but the testi-mony as to the events rests prettylargely on the statements of herself and these are not sup-ported by contemporary writers. Herhouse still exists at 239 Arch , and is eared for bythe American Flag House and BetsyRoss Memorial Association, and isa memorial to the little widowed. THE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. ADOPTED JUNE 14, 1777 John Adams has the credit of pro-posing the committee that framedthe resolution. Washington is saidto have remarked. We take thestar from Heaven, the red from ourmet her country, separating it bywhite stripes, thus showing that wehave separated from her. and tbewhite stripes shall go down to pos- THE AMERICAN FLAG 351 terity representing liberty. Thisis pure bombast and is probablyapocryphal. The design was not officially pro-mulgated until September 3, stars were first arranged in acircle, but this gave way to threehorizontal lines of four, five andfour stars. This remained the na-tional emblem until May 1, 1795,when two more stripes and two morestars were added for Vermont andKentucky. The Star Spangled Banner waswritten by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843). This national lyric was in-
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