The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-21

Noyes of Newbury, this State, a red
ground, with a small white field, with a
red cross in its upper corner; the New
England ensign, a red flag, with white
field in the upper corner, and pine tree
on one of the squares, this flag being
first used in 1886; the flag of the Lib
erty boys of New York, in 1866, a union
flag, with the inscription, Liberty and
Union;' the flag in use at Bunker Hill, a
red flag, with the inscription, Come, if
you dare;' the flag presented to General
Israel Putnam after the battle of Bunker
Hill, by the Connecticut Colony, red
flag, inscribed, 'Qui transtulit sustinet;'
the flag raised in New York in March,
1775, union flag, with the inscription,
'GeOrgius rex, and the liberties of Amer
ica;' the flag used by the armed ships Of
New York in 1775, white flag with a
big beaver in the center; the flag hoisted
at Bunker Hill, blue flag with a white
field, and ST. Georges cross and pine
tree in one corner; the pine tree flag, the
design of which was adopted in October,
1775, and which consists of awhile field,
with pine tree, and the inscription, An
appeal to Heaven;' Col Moultrie, made
by order of the Council of Safety, Sept
10, 1775, blue flag with a white crescent
in the upper corner; the same flag at a
later period with the word Liberty add
ed; the snake flag, yellow flag with a
coiled rattlesnake in the center, and the
inscription, Don't tread on me- the flag
suggested by DR.. Franklin at the camp
in Cambridge, and hoisted there for the
first time January /, ITO, flag of Is
stripes, red and white, with the English
union jack i'll the upper corner; the
striped jack flag, flag of 10 red and
white stripes, with rattlesnake undulat-
ing upon it, and the words Don't tread
on me;' the Massachusetts, flag, or the
| flag of Commodore Hopllins,a white flag
with the words Liberty tree, with tree
and the inscription An appeal to God;'
the flag of Paul Jones, flag of - alter
nate red and blue stripes, with a rattle
snake running across the field, and the
words Don't tread on me;' the flag
hOisted over the Massachusetts, cruisers,
awhile flag with pine tree in the cen
ter, with rattlesnake coiled at it's roots
and the inscriptions, AN appeal to Cod
and Don't tread on me;' the flag of the
Continental Battalion of Rhode Island, a
white flag with blue union, with Is
stars, an anchor and rope in the center,
and scroll inscribed 'Hope;' another
pine tree flag, red flag with a white
union, and red cross upon the center of
the union, and a pine tree in the upper
| corner; the flag of France, with lilies (;
the flag of the 10 original United States,
with 10 alternate stripes of red and
white, union of 10 white stars on a
blue field, this flag being declared to be
the national flag June IA, TIT; the flag,
10 stars and 10 stripes, enlarged from the
former design upon the admission of
Vermont into the Union in 1871, and
Kentucky in 1892. The last and most
prominent flag in the series will be the
present national flag of 10 stripes and Al
stars. The collection furnishes an inter
esting study in the history of American
flags. The Presidents station on the
grand stand is to be specially decorated
with the national flag, the coat of arms
of the United States and the State flag
of Vermont"