 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pages
...stars were not used until 1777. On the 14th of June that year, Congress "resolved that the flag ol the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the Union be thirteen starr, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Since then we have added a star for... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1852 - 782 pages
...June, 1777, "Resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." But your correspondent wishes to know the urigin of the combination, and who first suggested the idea.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1852 - 650 pages
...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.... | |
 | John Frost - Biography - 1854 - 664 pages
...the flag of the thirteen United States, henceforth be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; and the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Jones immediately commissioned the Ranger, and, singular to say, was the first to display the new flag... | |
 | Thomas Bangs Thorpe - History - 1855 - 412 pages
...consideration, and was used on passports. June 14, 1777, Congress passed the following : "Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." It appears that the first act of Congress changing the flag was on the 13th of January, 1794, when... | |
 | John Paul Jones - Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792 - 1855 - 560 pages
...of letters from him. On the 14th June, Congress resolved, "that the flag of the United States should be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white : that...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." By another resolution, passed the same day, Jones was appointed to command the ship Ranger ; on board... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 304 pages
...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,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The combination is thought to have been derived from the arms of General Washington, which contains... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1907 - 396 pages
...day in 1777 ngress enacted "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alernate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, reprenting a new constellation." The officers of the association are: President, Colonel •aJph E.... | |
 | 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,...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The combination is thought to have been derived from the arms of General "Washington, which contains... | |
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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. 
