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Monday, February 12, 2024

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 First U.S.A.  Flag Design?


Designer of first U.S. flag,

Francis Hopkinson claimed to be.

Wrote letters to Congress to brag,

And sent several bills, did he.

His flag had thirteen stripes, each one

For a colony that was then.

Seven red and six white stripes done.

A smaller blue rectangle in

The upper and left corner with

Thirteen white six point stars arow.

Some say this fact and some say myth.

Truth, we'll probably never know.


Hopkinson's bill for this design,

"Quarter Cask of the Public Wine."

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