 | Walter Berns - 2002 - Страниц: 164
...corner; but, after we declared our independence in July of that year, the Continental Congress resolved that "the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation," which is to say, a new and different kind of country. Congress later declared the "Star-Spangled Banner"... | |
 | 1908 - Страниц: 1240
...This is the flag adopted June 14, 1777, in a resolution passed by Congress reading thus : Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Resolved, that Capt. Paul Jones be appointed to command the ship Ranger. This flag you know then was... | |
 | 1905 - Страниц: 986
...was the day on which the continental congress passed the memorable resolution "that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The wonderful growth of interest in anything pertaining to our ancestors and the early history of our... | |
 | 2001 - Страниц: 56
...Continental Congress at Philadelphia on June 14, 1777. The resolution read: "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and...in a blue field representing a new constellation. " The resolution gave no instruction as to how many points the stars should have, nor how the stars... | |
 | 1900 - Страниц: 674
...meeting was held on the anniversary of.the I4th of June, 1/77, when the American congress resolved "That the flag of the thirteen Uni.ted States be thirteen...alternate red and white ; that the Union be thirteen stars with a blue field, representing a new constellation," the lines of Henry Ward Beecher on "The American... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 2001 - Страниц: 416
...Congress passed the following resolution: Resolved, That the Flag of the Thirteen United States of America be Thirteen Stripes, Alternate Red and White; that the Union be Thirteen Stare in a Blue Field, Representing a New Constellation. Resolved, That Captain John Paul Jones be... | |
 | Michael Corcoran - 2007 - Страниц: 218
...to the establishment of what would eventually become the world's most recognized symbol: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The resolution was passed without a shred of romance; angels did not appear over Philadelphia blowing... | |
 | James C. Bradford - 2001 - Страниц: 132
...eighteen-gun sloop of war, Ranger, On the same day, June 14, 1777, Congress passed two resolutions: Resolved, That the Flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen...in a blue field, representing a new constellation. . . . On lune I4, I777. Congress passed the above resolutions giving lohn Paul lones command of the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing - 2003 - Страниц: 56
...Continental Congress at Philadelphia on June 14, 1777. The resolution read: "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and...in a blue field representing a new constellation. " The resolution gave no instruction as to how many points the stars should have, nor how the stars... | |
 | George Michael Cohan - 2003 - Страниц: 28
...Continental Congress passed the first flag act: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the...in a blue field, representing a new Constellation/' The Flag Act of 1818 provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state. The flag kept changing as... | |
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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. 
