For Which It Stands
Subtitle: An Anecdotal History of the American Flag
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: October 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780743236171
Subjects: American history; United States; United States History (Specific Aspects); History - General History; History - U.S; History: American; USA; United States - General; Modern - General; History / United States / General; Flags; History
First sentence: AT THE END OF 1776, the members of the Continental Congress hotfooted it from Philadelphia to Baltimore, compelled to do so by the uncomfortable proximity of the British armies in New Jersey under General Lord Charles Cornwallis.