On 4 Nov 2003 12:04:19 -0600, "PowderMonkey" <me@here.net> wrote:
>Pic of an American Naval ship during the Napoleonic period, entering
>Chesapeake Bay. Now I stand to be corrected, but I was always under the
>assumption that the U.S. took the Stars and Stripes as their flag after the
>civil war against England (well, you cant win 'em all). Now as this kind of
>ship was used prior to and during the Napoleonic period, how come the ensign
>has so many stars on it for this period? I assumed, maybe wrongly (PM wrong
>I hear you say in wonderment LOL) that it became the United States after the
>Civil War and not during it. As you know this is my thing, other than ''the
>other thing'' so any confirmation or corrections welcome. PM. NP-f35.
Stars and Stripes was created during the war. Would assume by the
number of stars on this flag that it was from the War of 1812. BTW -
many here only connect the term Civil War to the one betweeen the
north and south. American Revolution is the term used here for 1776.
Sticky@spider.web
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