{"product_id":"colonial-american-cotton-1778-battle-of-monmouth-historic-flags","title":"Colonial American Cotton 1778 Battle of Monmouth Historic 3x5 Flags","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Dates to the American Revolutionary War and is famously associated with the \u003cspan class=\"R78TQ\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"gQWhZ\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi58fnIzv2XAxUW3skDHd0TEWMQy_kOegoIAggACAAIChAD\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAoQAw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amrevmuseum.org\/american-flag-s-origins-a-symbol-of-unity-or-dissent\" data-ctpacw=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBattle of Monmouth\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[\u0026quot;https:\/\/www.amrevmuseum.org\/american-flag-s-origins-a-symbol-of-unity-or-dissent\u0026quot;,null,[null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,[[1794320988272825,63561238,1662063581],null,null,null,null,[[2,0,0,11]]],null,null,[244939,null,2],null,null,[{\u0026quot;1218\u0026quot;:[16,null,null,null,[1,1008,6,6]]}]],null,null,2,null,null,null,null,0]]--\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[null,null,null,null,null,null,[[1794320988272825,63561238,1662063581],null,null,null,null,[[2,0,0,11]]],\u0026quot;https:\/\/www.amrevmuseum.org\/american-flag-s-origins-a-symbol-of-unity-or-dissent\u0026quot;],0,0],\u0026quot;\\u0026xRMMyb_x:u9afN\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;\\u0026xRMMyb_x:kEV45c\u0026quot;]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[\u0026quot;https:\/\/www.amrevmuseum.org\/american-flag-s-origins-a-symbol-of-unity-or-dissent\u0026quot;,null,null,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[{\u0026quot;1218\u0026quot;:[16,null,null,null,[1,1008,6,6]]}]],16,null,\u0026quot;American Flag\u0026#39;s Origins: A Symbol of Unity or Dissent?\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;One of these flags, called the “Monmouth flag” (pictured on the left above) because it is thought to have been carried in the 1778 Battle of Monmouth, shows the typical design of a colonial militia flag with a single color field and the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew from the flag of Great Britain in the canton. The other original flag, known as the Forster Flag (pictured right in the photo above) after the family it descended through, shows stitching and variations in fabric that indicate alteration of the canton to replace the flag of Great Britain design with stripes, probably by Massachusetts citizens early in the Revolution. It may be that the white stripes in the new flag (six on one side of the ...\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q\\u003dtbn:ANd9GcSNN_WLDfcstvZFGELEP1xUU8l_xW-9maqPsr89wMs8OezWBAYxgayNuiY3I--TIddEiHkw59rq0Eijj6o\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Museum of the American Revolution\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/faviconV2?url\\u003dhttps:\/\/www.amrevmuseum.org\\u0026client\\u003dAIM\\u0026size\\u003d128\\u0026type\\u003dFAVICON\\u0026fallback_opts\\u003dTYPE,SIZE,URL\u0026quot;,[[1794320988272825,63561238,1662063581],null,null,null,null,[[2,0,0,11]]],null,\u0026quot;44ad7cbf-a528-42a4-97a9-23ec3a3ca126\u0026quot;]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e on June 28, 1778\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld Kings Colors Design British Colonial America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FLAGS BY THE DOZEN a division of Ruffin Flag Co. LLC ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54888431616284,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/7898\/0942\/files\/Screenshot_20261109_203541_Chrome.jpg?v=1794321430","url":"https:\/\/flagsbythedozen.com\/products\/colonial-american-cotton-1778-battle-of-monmouth-historic-flags","provider":"FLAGS BY THE DOZEN a division of Ruffin Flag Co. LLC ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}