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So proudly we hail : the history of the United States flag

Title
So proudly we hail : the history of the United States flag / William Rea Furlong and Byron McCandless ; with the editorial assistance of Harold D. Langley.
Author
Furlong, William Rea, 1881-1976
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.

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Additional Authors
  • McCandless, Byron, 1881-1967
  • Langley, Harold D.
Description
260 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
Discusses the origin and history of the U.S. flag in a chronological narrative.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-253) and index.
Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Flags of Exploration, Discovery, and Settlement -- English Flags on Land and Sea -- The Intercolonial Wars -- Preliminaries of the Revolution -- Flags and Symbols of Armed Rebellion 1775-177 -- Flags Used at Sea -- The Evolution of the Stars and Stripes -- Flags and the Winning of Independence -- Flags of the New Nation -- Flags of War and Peace -- The Increase of the Stars -- Toward a More Perfect Union -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0874744482
  • 9780874744484
  • 0874744490
  • 9780874744491
LCCN
81607808
OCLC
  • ocm07737213
  • 7737213
  • SCSB-14632443
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library