Easton Flag

Easton Flag

The Easton Flag is a banner used to represent Easton, Pennsylvania. It is designed opposite from more common Flags of the United States in that it has 13 (8-pointed) stars in a blue field, with 13 stripes in the canton [Mastai, pg 39] . According to local legend, the flag was hoisted when the Declaration of Independence was publicly read in Easton, 8 July 1776. [ [http://www.eastonpl.org/MarxRoom.htm Easton Public Library] ]

The flag was used as a company flag under Captain Abraham Horn in the War of 1812, and some suspect that the design may only date from this era. [This [http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/6_thestory/6c_stars/main6c1_l.html Smithsonian webpage] says the flag is from 1812, and has a picture of the original.] [It's worth noting that US flags of this era had .] The flag was returned to the Easton library for safe-keeping when the company returned. The Easton Area Public Library still holds the flag.

References

* Mastai, Boleslaw and Marie-Louise D'Otrange The Stars and the Stripes. The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the Present ©1973. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-394-47217-9

External links

[http://www.eastonpl.org/EastonFlag.htm Flag history] from Easton Area Public Library


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