[Leica] IMG: Flags - Gerry

[Jay Burleson]

Gerry, this flag was on the fence at the entrance to the Pitt Tavern, 
which was in business starting in 1766, and was a place where many of 
the American patriots met or stayed. So this interim "Grand Union" U.S. 
flag would be appropriate for the 1776-1777 time frame, and was used by 
the fledgling United States from the cessation of hostilities until June 
1777, at which time the Congress adopted the Flag Act in 1777 and the 
basis for our current flag was encoded into law.

Jay

On 12/26/2015 3:38 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:
> As i said on Flickr, I saw the same flag (or identical) on the same
> building in the same place on a visit to Portsmouth NH, and it lead
> to a lot of confusion in my mind as there was nobody to ask and I
> had not seen it before. I since know it for what it is, and the
> reasons behind it. I am not sure why it should be on the particular
> building unless it was some kind of governors house in days gone by.
> I also spent some time just along from there in Brewsters Bait and
> Tackle talking to a great old guy who used to be a fisherman out of
> Portsmouth but now he was too old and his sons ran the boat. I
> wonder if he is still around?
>
> Gerry
>
>
>> On 25 Dec 2015, at 22:02, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
>>
>> Flags
>> Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
>>
>> http://gallery.jayburleson.com/index.php/ne_2015/L2001164
>>
>> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size.
>>
>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome!
>>
>> Jay