Original sentence: It is widely believed that the flag was raised by George Washington's army on New Year's Day 1776 at Prospect Hill in Charlestown (now part of Somerville), near his headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and that the flag was interpreted by British observers as a sign of surrender.Some scholars disputes this traditional account, concluding that the flag raised at Prospect Hill was likely a British union flag.That BEIC flags were potentially well known by the American colonists has been the basis of a theory of the origin of the Grand Union flag's design.The Striped Flag of the East India Company, and its Connexion with the American "Starts and Stripes"
Edited sentence: It is widely believed that the flag was raised by George Washington's army on New Year's Day 1776 at Prospect Hill in Charlestown (now part of Somerville), near his headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and that the flag was interpreted by British observers as a sign of surrender (Preble 1880, p.Recent scholarship disputes this traditional account,  concluding that the flag raised at Prospect Hill was most likely a British union flag (Ansoff 2006).That BEIC flags were potentially well known by the American colonists has been the basis of a theory of the origin of the Grand Union flag's design (see Fawcett 1937).The STRIPED FLAG of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, and its CONNEXION with the AMERICAN "STARS and STRIPES"