On the stars and stripes
Posted by Junius on November 28, 2004
aparently there were five major flags in the U.S.
There were many, many more, but the first flag was the Bonnie Blue flag which was a solid blue flag with a single star right in the middle. Now the Bonnie Blue flag was the unofficial flag of the Confederate States of America. It was never officially adopted, but it was an extremely popular flag and there is a song written about it from that period.
Then secondly there is what is known as the first 'National Flag", which is sometimes cal led the Stars and Bars. Now there is a problem and I am going to deal with it a little bit later. But the Stars and Bars looked a lot like the Stars and Stripes and there was a conflict because of that.
Then thirdly there was the second "National Flag", which is referred to as the stainless banner. It just had this symbol in upper left-hand corner and then it was pure white. The only problem with the stainless banner was when the wind was not blowing and it was folded, it sometimes looked like a flag of truce or a flag of surrender.
And then Fourthly we have the third 'National Flag' and that was the same stainless banner but with a solid red bar all the way down. It was officially adopted, but very few of them were issued. And then of course, we have the Confederate Battle Flag as we know it. Interestingly enough the first four flags are very rarely spoken against because most people don't even know about their existence and they are totally, absolutely ignorant of them and so consequently it is the battle flag that catches most of the flak.
can any of our american friends bring some light into
it and perhaps tell me if otyu have heard the expression 'write the stars and stripes on someone'
On the stars and stripes ESC 28/November/04
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Flags Smokey Stover 29/November/04
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