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image by Randy Young, 9 September 2004
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Pulaski's Legion was an American unit during the American Revolutionary War. This flag is found in "Flags to Color from the American Revolution" on page 21.
"Colors: Yellow letters and designs on red field, green fringe."
"'Unita virtus forcior' (should be 'fortior'), 'Union makes valor stronger,' surrounds U.S., and 'Non alius regit,' 'No other governs,' is around the all-seeing eye. This famous banner was made in 1778 for the brave count by the Moravian Sisters, as a guidon for his independent corps of light cavalry and infantry, raised in Baltimore. ... Pulaski bore the banner through many battles, and when he fell at Savannah in 1779, at [age] 31, the flag was saved by a wounded lieutenant. It can now be seen in the Maryland Historical Society, in Baltimore."
The flag is double-sided.
Randy Young, 9 September 2004
image located by William Garrison, 3 December 2024
For those interested in the history of the "Pulaski Legion banner", I refer to you a recent article in the online "Journal of the American Revolution", Dec. 3, 2024, at: https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/12/the-forgotten-hungarian-origins-of-the-pulaski-banner/
The origins of the famous Pułaski Legion's banner, a rare relic from the American Revolutionary War, reveal a significant yet overlooked Hungarian contribution to the fight for U.S. independence. Created under the guidance of Karcag, Hungary-born Colonel Michael Kováts, this flag not only symbolized the strength of an important cavalry unit of the American Revolution.
William Garrison, 3 December 2024
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