 | Howard Paul - American ballads and songs - 1857 - 144 pages
...of Congress, passed June 14, 1777 :— " Setoleed,— That the flag of the thirteen United States he thirteen stripes, alternate red and white : that the...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." From the above resolution, it is apparent (taking into consideration the use of union flags in imitation... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 444 pages
...Congress, June 13, 177T, "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars,...blue field, representing a new constellation." The combination is thought to have been derived from the arms of General "Washington, which contains three... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 266 pages
...Bull has for England. — Dictionary of Americanisms, by JR Bartlett, 1842. " THE STARS AND STRIPES." 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 three... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 444 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 436 pages
...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... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1859 - 572 pages
...words : " Resolved, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." It has been thought that the arms of Washington may have suggested the idea for the American flag.... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 578 pages
...words : " Resolred, — That the flag of the thirteen United Colonies be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue ficld, representing a new constellation." It has been thought that the arms of Washington may have... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - Chronology - 1860 - 896 pages
...a London paper, published in 1776. On the 14th June, in the succeeding year, the American Congress resolved, "that the flag of the thirteen United States...and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white, on a blue field — representing ' a new constellation.'" A new "star-spangled banner" made its appearance... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 802 pages
...1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress " resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States bo 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. 4 Tradition assorts that, while the Americans... | |
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that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. 
