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George Washington, Vol. I

PREFACE
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The United States flag shown in the picture is an anachronism.

The stars and stripes were first adopted by Congress in June, 1777; and any flag carried by Washington's army in December, 1776, would have consisted of the stripes with the crosses of St.
George and St.Andrew in the blue field where the stars now appear..


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