Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-07-13
THE FLAG.
G. G. Benedict, In the Vcrmcnter.)

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The first Vermont flag Of which there is
any record was the Stars and Stripes, with
the addition of the word "Normlnt." tn 5
was adopted, by act Of LeSIsl4ture, N
1903.
Is 1t the fact. then, that Vermont, dur
ing the fourteen years of her existence as
an Independent Commonwealth, possessed
no distinctive STANDARD n her own bd
the regiment organized In compliance with
the resolution adopted by the Continental
Congress on the 23d of June, l115, ercom-
mending the employment in the Continent
al army Of those called Green Mountain
Boys. under such officers - they should
choose" fight under 40 distinctive ensign?
The colonies, previous to the doSlaratlon
of American independence, used the Eng
fish flag with such added emblem az they
chose. But Vermont was never a colony
of England or Of any othc~ power. The
infant commonwealth asserted It's fui! SOW
ereigntY in III, and maintained inc asset
ton until its admission to The Unlon in
179l. The time was one in which the pomp
and Of war and IF civil state
was by no means disregardel. Can 1t be
that during this period there was no Nor-
mont flag?
The answer to this question must he
that if there was such n flag. 10 re- ord
or description of it is eXtant. No act cs-
tablishing such "A nag appears on the caG'y
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preserved at Montpelier, j. m entry,
among suOdry State expense. Of a pay
ment to Levi Hill, june 5, III. Of LBS
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mr. n'I 40 1ftii 49,, h,.a rc.r tbo
flag Of the United States, or, and more
probably. a flag Of truce. under which
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about twenty years after, till October o.
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tho Cost y, Arrs of tho STATE Of Vermont
thoroin -
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no nv aaa 81 arn,S f., rso consisted
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