Five Things You Might Not Know About the U.S. Flag-- Part 2: Vertical Stripes? Really?

The first time red and white stripes were used to represent America, there were nine of them-- and they were vertical.

On exhibit at the Old State House in Boston, this particular flag was created and flown at the Liberty Tree by the Sons of Liberty, an organization formed to oppose British taxation in the 1760s.

The nine vertical stripes may have symbolized the nine colonies which sent delegates to the Stamp Act Congress in New York in 1765.

The flag is currently undergoing authentication efforts by historians.

--Cooter

This Month in the American Revolution: Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act and First Continental Congress, Battle of Saratoga and Surrender at Yorktown

From the American Battlefield Trust.

OCTOBER 7, 1763

**   Proclamation of 1763.  King George III banned American colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

OCTOBER 7-23, 1765

**  Stamp Act Congress meets in Philadelphia to discuss  the crisis.

SEPTEMBER  5 -- OCTOBER 26, 1774

**  The First Continental Congress meets at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.

OCTOBER 7, 1777

**  Battle of Saratoga, New York, concludes with a major American victory.

OCTOBER 19, 1781

**  British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, Virginia. 

--Cooter

Seven Events That Led to the American Revolution

From the July 14, 2020 History.com site.

As we get into the anniversary of this country.

I am just listing them and if you want to know more, go to the site.

1.  The Stamp Act  (March 1765)

2.  The Townshend Acts (June-July 1767)

3.  The Boston Massacre  (March 1770)

4.  The Boston Tea Party  (December 1773)

5.  The Coercive Acts (March-June 1774)

6.  Lexington and Concord (April 1775)

7.  British attacks on coastal towns (October  1775-January 1776)

--Cooter

March Events in American Revolution: Battle of Brier Creek, Boston Massacre, Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 'Give Me Liberty or ....'

From the American Battlefield Trust.

MARCH 3, 1779

**  Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia

MARCH 5, 1770

**  Boston Massacre

MARCH 15, 1781

**  Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina.

MARCH 22, 1765

**  Stamp Act.  Tax on paper goods and legal documents.

MARCH 23, 1775

**  Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech, Richmond, Virginia.

MARCH 29, 1780

**  Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, begins.

--Cooter