 | Joseph Barlow Felt - 1849 - 680 halaman
...278. 1777, June 14. A resolve of Congress is passed, " that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Thus another ensign was adopted, which still continues. May it never cease to wave over our soil, blessed... | |
 | 1894 - 668 halaman
...resolved, on June 14, 1777, " 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 я new constellation." Hence the " Stars nnd Stripes." 0. P. HALB. [See 7 lh Э. vi. 328, 494.] CHRONOGRAM.—The... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 halaman
...1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress "resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Since then we have added a star for every new state. Lake Megantic and the Chaudière. Perilous Voyage.... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1851 - 422 halaman
...to Europe. "!N CONGRESS, June 14¿A, 1777. "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. " Resolved, That Captain John Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Eanger. the Marine Committee,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 halaman
...1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress "resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Since then we have added a star for every new state. Lake Mcpmtic and the Chaudière. Perilous Voyage.... | |
 | 1852 - 398 halaman
...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 new constellation." Some suppose that the idea of this combination was derived from the coat of arms of General Washington,... | |
 | 1852 - 650 halaman
...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 new constellation." But your correspondent wishes to know the origin of the combination, and who first suggested the idea.... | |
 | Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 412 halaman
...14, 1777, Congress passed the following: "Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white : That the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." If appears that the first act of Congress changing the flag was on the 13th of January, 1794, when... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 304 halaman
...Congress, June 13,1777, " 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 new constellation." The combination is thought to have been derived from the arms of General Washington, which contains... | |
 | Horace Greeley, John Fitch Cleveland, F. J. Ottarson, Alexander Jacob Schem, Edward McPherson, Henry Eckford Rhoades - 1899 - 378 halaman
..."Flag Day" because on that day in 1777 Congress enacted "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the...thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing 1 a new constellation." The officers of the association are: President. Colonel Ralph E. Prime, Yonkers,... | |
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thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: That the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. 
