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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12LO_confederate-flag_Wichita-KS.html
As secession swept the South, various state banners were created to symbolize the "independence" movement. Soon the Confederacy found it necessary, however, to adopt an appropriate "national" flag. The first was the famous Stars and Bars. During t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12LN_thirty-four-star-flag-1861_Wichita-KS.html
Between 1818 and 1861 no less than 13 changes were made in the Stars and Stripes as a result of the westward expansion. With the admission of Kansas in 1861, the [S]tars and [S]tripes became a thirty-four star flag. It was this flag that would be …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12LL_stars-and-stripes-1818_Wichita-KS.html
There was considerable concern that the addition of a new stripe for each new state would create hopeless confusion. Therefore, Congress established the still current law that provided that after July 4, 1818 the flag would show thirteen stripes a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12LK_flag-of-fifteen-stripes_Wichita-KS.html
Like the new nation, the first Stars and Stripes would see fuller development with the passage of time. Under the much-debated Articles of Confederation of 1781, it was agreed that America would create self-governing States in the western domain r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12L8_french-tricolor_Wichita-KS.html
With the Revolution won and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States was extended westward to the Mississippi River. To the west of the Mississippi, the French Tricolor waved over French Louisiana until the purchase of that hu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12L7_thirteen-star-flag-bennington-flag_Wichita-KS.html
With the signing of the Declaration of Indepenence, the Grand Union was automatically promoted to the status of a national banner and at the same time rendered obsolete. The British ties were snapped and the crosses of St. Andrew and St. George in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12L6_grand-union-flag_Wichita-KS.html
The first national flag is commonly identified as the Grand Union Flag. Although it was never officially approved or recognized, it was this flag that came to symbolize the growing pride in the name America and the strengthening union between the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12L4_commander-in-chiefs-personal-flag_Wichita-KS.html
During the 1700's, the political and economic interests of the colonists began to enlarge and disputes began to develop with Great Britain. After the defeat of the French and their expulsion in 1763, the colonists could focus even more of their at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12L0_union-flag_Wichita-KS.html
In 1603, St. George's Cross was joined with St. Andrew's Cross, the Scottish Flag, to form the famous Union Flag or "Union Jack" of Great Britain. It was this flag which flew over the first British colonies in North America at Jamestown (1607) and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12KX_columbus-standard_Wichita-KS.html
European interest was first represented in the "New World" by the Viking Banner of Leif Ericson and other intrepid Norse adventurers. This banner, according to tradition, made its way to Iceland, Greenland and presumably North America about the ye…
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