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Colonial Flags - American Revolutionary War Flags

Colonial Flags - American Revolutionary War Flags 1) The Tree Flag (or the Appeal to Heaven Flag) featured a pine tree with the motto "An Appeal to Heaven," or less frequently "An Appeal to God", was originally used by a squadron of six frigates which were commissioned under George Washington's authority as Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in October 1775. The design of the flag came from General Washington's secretary, Colonel Joseph Reed. In a letter dated October 21, 1775, Reed suggested a "flag with a white ground and a tree in the middle, the motto AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN" 2) These colors were captured by the Hessians either on August 27, 1776, at the Battle of Long Islands, or Oct. 28, 1776, at the Battle of White Plains. A German account, listing the earlier date, belittles the skill of the American troops who surrendered under this flag, but it was only a few weeks later that the same Hessians under Colonel Rall surrendered to General Washington at Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776. The design on the flag is taken from an undated engraving. 3) The so-called Whiskey Rebels made use of various flags during their rebellion. The most common flags used were a simple white flag with red stripes, usually hung from a liberty pole, and a flag bearing the inscription "Equal Taxation and no Excise – No Asylum for Traitors and Cowards." The most elaborate flag with an eagle holding a ribbon it its beak, and thirteen six-pointed stars scattered about the field is now most commonly associated with the Whiskey Rebellion. This design was common in post-American Revolution Federalist flags. It is possible that this eagle and stripes flag actually had a relationship with the Federal Army, rather than the Whiskey Rebels. At best, it seems that it was a relatively minor flag compared to others used in the rebellion. 4) This is a flag from the American Revolution: that of the First Pennsylvania Rifles, a militia troop, of sorts. The PM refers to "Pennsylvania Militia", and the i R is "1st Rifles."The legend refers to the American's desire to be free from the King of England. Nick Artimovich, 25 April 1996. The flag was raised as Thompson's Rifle Regiment or Battalion in 1776; renamed 1st Pa in 1777, and was also known as the 1st Continental Regiment. 5) This standard was carried by General Sullivan's Life Guards Company during the 1778 battle of Rhode Island. General Sullivan led the expedition against the Iroquois and Loyalist forces that were raiding Western Pennsylvania and New York. 6) The Betsy Ross flag is a reconstructed early design for the flag of the United States, which is conformant to the Flag Act of 1777 and has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle. These details elaborate on the 1777 act, passed early in the American Revolutionary War, which specified 13 alternating red and white horizontal stripes and 13 white stars in a blue canton. Its name stems from the story, once widely believed, that shortly after the 1777 act, upholsterer and flag maker Betsy Ross produced a flag of this design 7) The Green Mountain Boys flag, also known as the Stark flag, is a reconstruction of a regimental flag commonly stated to have been used by the Green Mountain Boys. A remnant of a Green Mountain Boys flag, originally belonging to John Stark, is owned by the Bennington Museum. It still exists as one of the few regimental flags from the American Revolution. Although Stark was at the Battle of Bennington and likely flew this flag, the battle has become more commonly associated with the Bennington flag, which is believed to be a 19th-century banner 8) Perhaps the first flag to symbolize the colonies using thirteen stars is the flag used by the military battery of Providence, RI, called the United Train of Artillery, organized in 1775. The field was yellow with a fouled anchor, two cannons, scrolls with mottos and coiled rattlesnake circled by thirteen blue five-pointed stars. The flag is preserved at the Historical Society Museum in Providence. 9) The 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, also known as Sheldon's Horse after Colonel Elisha Sheldon, was commissioned by the Continental Congress on December 12, 1776,[1] and was first mustered at Wethersfield, Connecticut, in March 1777 for service with the Continental Army. The regiment consisted of four troops from Connecticut, one troop each largely from Massachusetts and New Jersey, and two companies of light infantry. The device, repeated on all of the flags, depicts ten bolts of lightning emanating outwards from a winged and fulminating thundercloud. The motto beneath the thundercloud on the national colors reads: “PATA CONCITA FULMNT NATI” — an abbreviated form of what is thought to be the Latin phrase of “Patria Concita Fulminent Nati”. This phrase has a number of interpretations, and been translated to something along the lines of: “The fatherland/country calls/expects its sons to respond with/in tones of thunder”.