Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay Thanks for the explanation, and for putting me right. I was 100% wrong as I had identified it as the state flag of Hawaii! I now realise the stripes on that flag are different (thanks to Wikipedia). Now I know the real explanation it all falls into place. Best wishes for the New Year, Gerry > On 27 Dec 2015, at 01:43, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information