Flag House

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Stock #:103565
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Philadelphia
Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Postmark: 1909 May-18
Postmark City: Culver
Postmark State: KS
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:Miss. Mayme Smith
Culver, KS
Additional Details:
Flag house, where the first American flag was made. The American Flag. June 14, 1777, Congress, in session at Philadelphia, adopted a resolution fixing the design for the flag of the thirteen United States. In this little old-fashioned house did Mrs. John Rose, of Philadelphia, first combine the Stars and Stripes, after a design drawn by General George Washington.

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