This page is part of an mirror of © FOTW Flags Of The World website
This website is devoted to the science of vexillology (the study of flags).
All illustrations presented on this website serve exclusively to provide information in the context of vexillology.
The authors and hosts of this site explicitly distance themselfes from any symbols of unconstitutional organizations that may be depicted here.
Last modified: 2014-11-01 by rick wyatt
Keywords: united states | brandywine | seventh | pennsylvania |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[Brandywine Flag of 1777]](../images/u/us-brand.gif)
image by Rick Wyatt, 18 July 2001
See also:
Brandywine Flag (1777). As depicted in the postage stamp, the flag is red bearing a stars and stripes canton, 7 white stripes and a white canton bearing 13 red eight-pointed stars in rows of 4-5-4. It is said to be a militia unit color used at the Battle of Brandywine. It should be noted that minor differences in flags details, such as relative stripe widths or exact placement of stars, have been regularized by the Postal Department.
Dave Martucci, 17 February 1998
An early interpretation of the "stars and stripes" is found in the canton of the still existing red silk division color carried by Captain Robert Wilson's Company, 7th Pennsylvania Regiment of 1777. According to family tradition, this flag was carried at Brandywine on September 11, 1777 - about three months after the Continental Congress resolution had defined the flag of the United States.
Source: [ric82]
Rick Wyatt
Advertisement from our sponsor:
Bei Fahnenversand.de erhalten Sie eine Vielzahl an hochwertigen Flaggen, Pins und Aufnähern, zum Beispiel:
