. Book of the Royal blue . also contended that the stars in the skyseemed to have only five points, and finallywon her point by showing her visitors howa star with five points could be made withone clip of her scissors. When the com-mittee had agreed upon every detail of thedesign for the flag, Mrs. Ross was told togo on with her work. The flag thus designed was adopted byCongress in a resolution of the 14th ofJune, 1777: Rescued, That the flag of the thirteenUnited States be thirteen stripes, alternatered and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing anew co
. Book of the Royal blue . also contended that the stars in the skyseemed to have only five points, and finallywon her point by showing her visitors howa star with five points could be made withone clip of her scissors. When the com-mittee had agreed upon every detail of thedesign for the flag, Mrs. Ross was told togo on with her work. The flag thus designed was adopted byCongress in a resolution of the 14th ofJune, 1777: Rescued, That the flag of the thirteenUnited States be thirteen stripes, alternatered and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing anew constellation. The stars of the flag represented the ideataken from the constellation Lyra, whichsignifies harmony. The blue of the fieldwas taken from the banner of the Cove-nanters of Scotland, likewise significant ofthe league and covenant of the United Col-onies against oppression. The stars weredisposed in a circle, symbolizing the per-petuity of the Union, the circle being thesign of eternity. Both the thirteen stripes. liOSS 111)1 SK, WHERETHE FIRST FLAG WAS MADE and the stars showed the number of theUnited Colonies, and denoted the subordi-nation of the States to and their dependenceupon the Union, as well as equality amongthemselves. The whole was a blendingof the previous banners—the red of thearmy and the white of the navy; the redcolor which in the days of the Romanempire was the signal of defiance, and thewhite of purity. No authentic record of the discussionswhich no doubt preceded the adoption of OUR NATIONAL ENSIGN the Stars and Stripes has been has it that both stars and stripesmay possibly have been suggested by thearms of Washington, which by a singularcoincidence contained both, but had anybanner been blazoned with the coat of armsof the patriot chief, it is reasonable to sup-pose that he would have chosen the designfor the banner of his life guards, but thatensign had no such device upon it. The first use of the
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