Wednesday 14 June 2017

Nine Patience Blocks

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: “Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” Until this time, the flag had thirteen red and white horizontal stripes, but in the northwest corner was what we call the Union Jack. It’s probably just a weird coincidence, but June 14 is also the anniversary of California's Bear Flag Revolt. On this day in 1846, thirty-four settlers arrested the Mexican general in Sonoma, and declared their new “Bear Flag Republic” an independent nation. A flag emblazoned with a star (a nod to the lone star flag of Texas) above a grizzly bear was raised as a symbol of their independence from Mexico. When California became a state in 1850, it kept the bear and star.

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