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SUMMARY:Fort Plain Museum Presents: The Fort Stanwix Flag Legend No More
DESCRIPTION:Cost is $5 Nom-members/FREE for Members\n\n \n\nThe Museum is located at 389 Canal Street\, Fort Plain\, NY 13339\n\n \n\nOn August 3 1777 the Officers of the Garrison of Fort Stanwix made a "Continental Flag". This talk will trace the story\, and the asserting that the flag was a Stars and Stripes Flag which followed the Congressional Flag Resolution of June 14th\, 1777\, and was in fact the place where the official flag of the United States first flew in Battle.\n\n \n\nSince 1927 there were question with this story and it had been relegated by Historians to the status of "Legend" (a true store but the facts messed up)\n\n \n\nJoseph Robertaccio\, with a lot of patience\, and a lot of luck\, was able to trace the story\, and find contemporary illustrations of the flag in the Clinton Sullivan Campaign. The raise of the Internet and the development of online repositories has allowed Robertaccio to use techniques born in code breaking to examine the meaning of the phrase "Continental Flag" in a way that no previous historian was able to use.\n\n \n\nBeyond this\, his work took him into the lore of the origins of the Flag of the United States\, and it appears the many of the Legends of the Stars and Stripes are true  \n\n \n\nCome join us on a wild ride through history with a touch of archeological analysis\, and the discovery of a new\, forgotten eyewitness source to the events of August 3\, 1777.....\n\n \n\nThank you for Supporting the Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park\, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.\n\n \n\n2025 Conference\n\n \n\nThe American Revolutionary War Conference 250 featuring Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Rick Atkinson is May 29-June 1\, 2025. There is a bus tour to Lexington and Concord and many other great speakers.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;"><img alt="" height="578" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/97/Image/fortstanwix3-22.jpg" style="width: 720px\; height: 578px\;" width="720" /><br />\nCost is $5 Nom-members/FREE for Members</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">The Museum is located at 389 Canal Street\, Fort Plain\, NY 13339</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">On August 3 1777 the Officers of the Garrison of Fort Stanwix made a &ldquo\;Continental Flag&rdquo\;. This talk will trace the story\, and the asserting that the flag was a Stars and Stripes Flag which followed the Congressional Flag Resolution of June 14th\, 1777\, and was in fact the place where the official flag of the United States first flew in Battle.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">Since 1927 there were question with this story and it had been relegated by Historians to the status of &ldquo\;Legend&rdquo\; (a true store but the facts messed up)</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">Joseph Robertaccio\, with a lot of patience\, and a lot of luck\, was able to trace the story\, and find contemporary illustrations of the flag in the Clinton Sullivan Campaign. The raise of the Internet and the development of online repositories has allowed Robertaccio to use techniques born in code breaking to examine the meaning of the phrase &ldquo\;Continental Flag&rdquo\; in a way that no previous historian was able to use.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">Beyond this\, his work took him into the lore of the origins of the Flag of the United States\, and it appears the many of the Legends of the Stars and Stripes are true&hellip\;&hellip\;</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">Come join us on a wild ride through history with a touch of archeological analysis\, and the discovery of a new\, forgotten eyewitness source to the events of August 3\, 1777.....</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">Thank you for Supporting the Fort Plain Museum &amp\; Historical Park\, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.</span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">2025 Conference</span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">The American Revolutionary War Conference 250 featuring Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Rick Atkinson is May 29-June 1\, 2025. </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#5D5D5D\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt\;">There is a bus tour to Lexington and Concord and many other great speakers.</span></span></span>
LOCATION:Fort Plain Museum 389 Canal St Fort Plain NY 13339
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