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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

AN AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON AS TOLD BY BORING POSTCARDS OF AMERICAN FLAGS -- Part 3. OLD GLORY!!

9. 48-Star Flag, 1912

“This version of Old Glory was official from 1912 to 1959 – the longests period any fixed star pattern has been used. Americans saluted this flag during two World Wars, the growth decades of the 1920s and 1950s, and the Great Depression.”

                                     THE END!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

AN AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON AS TOLD BY BORING POSTCARDS OF AMERICAN FLAGS -- Part 2

5. Star-Spangled Banner, 1814

“At Baltimore’s Fort McHenry in 1814, the Star-Spangled Banner came under British fire in the War of 1812. Its ‘broad stripes and bright stars’ inspired Francis Scott Key to write words that, set to music, later became our national anthem.”

6. Great Star Flag, 1837

“An 1818 act established that the flag include a star for each state and 13 stripes; Capt. Samuel C. Reid, a naval hero of the War of 1812, recommended arranging the stars into one large star pattern, a common design in the 19^th century.”

7. 38-Star Flag, 1877

The unusual pattern of this 1877 design includes a star for Colorado, admitted as the 39^th state on August 1, 1876. Until 1912, when rows of stars became standard flagmakers could use imaginative designs to accommodate new stars.”

8. Peace Flag, 1891.

“Using their First Amendment Rights, Americans have enthusiastically pursued religious, social and political goals and modified the flag to show commitment to country and cause. Dedication to world peace was once symbolised by this flag.”

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

AN AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON AS TOLD BY BORING POSTCARDS OF AMERICAN FLAGS -- Part 1;

1. Forster Flag, 1775

“According to Forster family tradition, this flag was captured from the British by Minutemen on April 19, 1775, the first day of the Revolution. White stripes then replaced its original canton; with the red background, they represented the 13 Colonies”

2. Continental Colors, 1776

“The British Union Jack on our first national flag, in use during the early years of the Revolution, sent a clear message. Until the colonists proclaimed independence in July 1776, they were fighting for their rights as subjects sof the King.”

3. John Paul Jones Flag, 1779

“After John Paul Jones and the crew of the Bonhomme Richard captured HMS Serapis on September 23, 1779, a Dutch artist painted a watercolor of this flag, which Jones had hoisted in victory. Blue was considered America’s prime national color.”

4. Easton Flag, 1814

“During the war of 1812, patriotic citizens of Pennsylvania presented this flag to their First Company, First Regiment of Volunteers. The striped canton and starry field of this design reversed the official placement of the stars and stripes.”

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on Sunday

Boring BLUE Greek postcard of Santorini Island:

(on its way to you, Val on this nice Winter Solstice Day! )

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on Sunday

Boring BLUE, Greek postcard of Mykonos Island:

(but Heleen loves this color :-)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

CUSTOM HOUSE EAGLE

From the Salem Maritime National Historic Site.  "an enormous specimen of the American eagle, with outstretched wings befare her breast, and, if I recollect alright, a bunch of intermingled thunderbolts and barbed arrows in each claw..." This eagle was described by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter,  and carved by Joseph True in 1826

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

US-USSR FRIENDLY RELATIONS

Nice cufflinks, from the Gorbachov/Reagan years. Not the Trump/Putin years 

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

"ALL OUR COLOUTRS TO THE MAST"

ECA Paris, again. Not a canoe, but at least it shows a boat.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

RECONSTRUCTING EUROPE

Nice scaffolding. Old postcard from 'ECA Paris'. (Methinks not the current European Canooe Association)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Sunday

UNCLE SAM

IIs he shooting himself in the head? ("The right to bear arms?")

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