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The Little Book of the Flag

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By Eva March Tappan
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History - American

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A concise history of American colonial and early national banners, tracing how a variety of regional and improvised emblems—English ensigns, pine-tree and rattlesnake flags, liberty poles, and militia colors—gradually gave way to coordinated national designs. The narrative surveys debated origins and practical changes behind the Grand Union and the first United States flag, describes manufacture and naval as well as battlefield uses, recounts notable episodes of flags raised, saved, or captured, and follows later alterations such as the fifteen-star pattern and the flag associated with the national anthem, concluding with the emblem’s civic and wartime significance.

Transcriber's Note:

  • Click on illustration to view the full-size version.
  • Footnote moved to end of article on Pg 114.
  • Moved frontispiece illustrations to Pg 1.
  • Otherwise, archaic and inconsistent spelling and hyphenation retained.
  • Pg 16 Corrected spelling of word "processsion" to "procession" located in the phrase "and marched in a long procession".
  • Pg 43 "whereever" and Pg 107 "wherever" retained as printed.
  • Pg 90 Replaced semi-colon with a colon after "1783" located in "February 3, 1783".
  • Pg 92 Removed extraneous comma after "1787" located in "September 30, 1787,—August 10, 1790"
  • Pg 119 Replaced comma with a semi-colon after "30" located in the phrase "Liberty Tree of, 30".
  • Pg 119 Replaced comma with a semi-colon after "19" located in the phrase "Congress, 19".
  • Pg 120 Added period after "39" located in "designer not known, 34; 39".
  • Pg 121 Replaced period with a comma after "Jones" located in phrase "Pearson, Captain, yields to John Paul Jones".
  • Pg 122 Replaced period with a comma after "51" located in phrase ""Thirteen," 51".