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Image: The Flag Of The United States by John Sartain

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Description: Title:The Flag of the United States, First hoisted at the Island of St. Thomas by Capt. Hugh Montgomery, on the news of the Declaration of Independence, 1776. Drawn and Engraved by J. Sartain. Illustrates the Brigantine Nancy, captained by Hugh Montgomery, flying an American flag at St. Thomas.
Title: The Flag of the United States, First hoisted at the Island of St. Thomas by Capt. Hugh Montgomery, on the news of the Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Credit: From book by Elizabeth Montgomery, Reminiscences of Wilmington, 1851, between pages 176 & 177
Author: John Sartain
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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