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Subj: Today in History - Sept 03
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The American flag was flown in battle for the first time on this day in
1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware.
Patriot General William Maxwell ordered the “Stars and Stripesö banner
raised as a detachment of his infantry and cavalry met an advance guard
of British and Hessian troops. The rebels were defeated and forced to
retreat to Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, where they joined General
George Washington’s main force.
Three months earlier, on June 14, the Continental Congress had adopted a
resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen
alternate stripes red and whiteö and that “the Union be thirteen stars,
white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.ö The national
flag, which became known as the Stars and Stripes, was based on the
Grand Union flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that
also consisted of 13 red and white stripes. According to legend,
Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross designed the new canton, which
consisted of a circle of 13 stars on a blue background, at the request
of General George Washington. Historians have been unable to
conclusively prove or disprove this legend.
With the entrance of new states into the Union after independence, new
stripes and stars were added to represent the new additions. In 1818,
however, Congress enacted a law stipulating that the 13 original
stripes be restored and that only stars be added to represent new
states.
On June 14, 1877, the first Flag Day observance was held on the 100th
anniversary of the adoption of the flag. As instructed by Congress, the
U.S. flag was flown from all public buildings across the country. In
the years after the first Flag Day, several states continued to observe
the anniversary, and, in 1949, Congress officially designated June 14
as Flag Day, a national day of observance.
73 de Scott KF5JRV
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