EARLY AMERICAN FLAGS
Archaeological sites in northern India, dating from around 3500 BC, revealed the seal, which is used to sign documents. Seal seems to march seven men taking the square is considered the standard upright poles, such as tickets for the modem. While these ancient flags stiff as boards, and made modern cloth as the flag, have given a lot of evidence that the heraldic banners and display scheduled at the earliest civilizations.
American history, the Vikings of the flag, carrying a black crow on white. In 1492 Columbus sailed our shores for his three small ships products with the Spanish flag and two red lions, two white and two yellow castles area two red fields. The Dutch brought their own striped flags when they settled in New Amsterdam, which we now call the New York City, and pioneers from other nations also brought with it the standards of their countries', when they settled on our coasts.
It is therefore natural that America should create flags as soon as the first colonial settlers. Given the diversity of the settlers, it is not surprising that a wide variety of flags were created. The first flags adopted by our colonial ancestors were symbolic of their struggles with the wilderness of the new country. Beavers, pine trees, rattlesnakes, anchors and various other insignia were affixed banners with slogans like "hope," "Freedom", "appeal to heaven" or "Do not Tread on Me."
In the early days of the Revolution was colonial and regimental flags of the partition. The flag of Liberty Boston, consisting of nine alternate red and white horizontal stripes, flew over the Liberty Tree, a fine old elm in Hanover Square in Boston, where Sons of Liberty met. Yet another had a white flag with a pine green tree and the inscription, "An Appeal to Heaven." This flag has become particularly familiar with the seas as the star cruisers commanded by General Washington, and was noticed by many English newspapers of the time.
Flags with a rattlesnake theme also more and more settlers Prestige. With the slogan "Do not Tread on Me" almost invariably appeared on rattlesnake flags. The flag of this type was the level of South Carolina Navy. Secondly, Gadsden flag, consisted of a yellow field, a rattlesnake in a spiral coil, poised to strike in the center. Besides the snake was the motto: "Do not tread on me." Similar was the Culpepper flag, banner Minutemen and Culpepper (now spelled Culpeper) County, Virginia. It was a white field, a rattlesnake coiled coil in the center. Before the rattlesnake was the legend, "Culpepper Minute Men" and under the motto, "Liberty or Death" and "Do not tread on me".
In December 1775, anonymous Philadelphia correspondent wrote to Bradford, Pennsylvania Journal of the symbolic use of a snake. He began his letter by saying:
"I remembered his eyes excellent brightness of other animals and has no eyelids. It can therefore be regarded as a symbol of vigilance. She never begins an attack, nor once engaged, never surrender. It is a symbol of magnanimity and true courage.
It was probably the fatal bite of the rattlesnake, however, was mostly in the minds of its designers, and threatening slogan "Do not Tread on Me," the importance of conception.
The Moultrie flag was the first distinctive flag appears in the southern United States. He flew over the walls of the fort at Sullivan's Island, located in the channel leading to Charleston, South Carolina, where the British fleet attacked June 28, 1776. British ships bombarded the fort for 10 hours. However, the garrison of about 375 regulars and some militia under the command of Colonel William Moultrie, establish a solid defense that the British were forced to retreat under cover of darkness. This victory saved the southern colonies of the invasion of another two years. The flag is blue, like the uniforms of the garrison, and wore a white crescent at the top along with staff, such as silver crescents the men wore in their caps with the inscription "Freedom or death."
The maritime colony of Rhode Island had its own flag, which was implemented in the Brandywine, Trenton and Yorktown. It bore an anchor, 13 stars and the word "hope." Its white stars in a blue field are considered by many to have influenced the shaping of our national flag.
The Army preferred its regimental flags on the battlefield rather than the Stars and Stripes. A popular form of the American flag that was used in combat were the forehead (front) of the Great Seal in the canton. The military has also used the Stars and Stripes with 13 stars in a circle. Stars and Stripes was officially used in Army artillery units in 1834, and infantry units in 1842.
Archaeological sites in northern India, dating from around 3500 BC, revealed the seal, which is used to sign documents. Seal seems to march seven men taking the square is considered the standard upright poles, such as tickets for the modem. While these ancient flags stiff as boards, and made modern cloth as the flag, have given a lot of evidence that the heraldic banners and display scheduled at the earliest civilizations.
American history, the Vikings of the flag, carrying a black crow on white. In 1492 Columbus sailed our shores for his three small ships products with the Spanish flag and two red lions, two white and two yellow castles area two red fields. The Dutch brought their own striped flags when they settled in New Amsterdam, which we now call the New York City, and pioneers from other nations also brought with it the standards of their countries', when they settled on our coasts.
It is therefore natural that America should create flags as soon as the first colonial settlers. Given the diversity of the settlers, it is not surprising that a wide variety of flags were created. The first flags adopted by our colonial ancestors were symbolic of their struggles with the wilderness of the new country. Beavers, pine trees, rattlesnakes, anchors and various other insignia were affixed banners with slogans like "hope," "Freedom", "appeal to heaven" or "Do not Tread on Me."
In the early days of the Revolution was colonial and regimental flags of the partition. The flag of Liberty Boston, consisting of nine alternate red and white horizontal stripes, flew over the Liberty Tree, a fine old elm in Hanover Square in Boston, where Sons of Liberty met. Yet another had a white flag with a pine green tree and the inscription, "An Appeal to Heaven." This flag has become particularly familiar with the seas as the star cruisers commanded by General Washington, and was noticed by many English newspapers of the time.
Flags with a rattlesnake theme also more and more settlers Prestige. With the slogan "Do not Tread on Me" almost invariably appeared on rattlesnake flags. The flag of this type was the level of South Carolina Navy. Secondly, Gadsden flag, consisted of a yellow field, a rattlesnake in a spiral coil, poised to strike in the center. Besides the snake was the motto: "Do not tread on me." Similar was the Culpepper flag, banner Minutemen and Culpepper (now spelled Culpeper) County, Virginia. It was a white field, a rattlesnake coiled coil in the center. Before the rattlesnake was the legend, "Culpepper Minute Men" and under the motto, "Liberty or Death" and "Do not tread on me".
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| EARLY AMERICAN FLAGS |
"I remembered his eyes excellent brightness of other animals and has no eyelids. It can therefore be regarded as a symbol of vigilance. She never begins an attack, nor once engaged, never surrender. It is a symbol of magnanimity and true courage.
It was probably the fatal bite of the rattlesnake, however, was mostly in the minds of its designers, and threatening slogan "Do not Tread on Me," the importance of conception.
The Moultrie flag was the first distinctive flag appears in the southern United States. He flew over the walls of the fort at Sullivan's Island, located in the channel leading to Charleston, South Carolina, where the British fleet attacked June 28, 1776. British ships bombarded the fort for 10 hours. However, the garrison of about 375 regulars and some militia under the command of Colonel William Moultrie, establish a solid defense that the British were forced to retreat under cover of darkness. This victory saved the southern colonies of the invasion of another two years. The flag is blue, like the uniforms of the garrison, and wore a white crescent at the top along with staff, such as silver crescents the men wore in their caps with the inscription "Freedom or death."
The maritime colony of Rhode Island had its own flag, which was implemented in the Brandywine, Trenton and Yorktown. It bore an anchor, 13 stars and the word "hope." Its white stars in a blue field are considered by many to have influenced the shaping of our national flag.
The Army preferred its regimental flags on the battlefield rather than the Stars and Stripes. A popular form of the American flag that was used in combat were the forehead (front) of the Great Seal in the canton. The military has also used the Stars and Stripes with 13 stars in a circle. Stars and Stripes was officially used in Army artillery units in 1834, and infantry units in 1842.
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