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![[The Stars and Stripes - George Washington describing the flag to Lafayette and other French and American officers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTgvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN0YXJzLWFuZC1zdHJpcGVzLWdlb3JnZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRlc2NyaWJpbmctdGhlLWZsYWctdG8tbGFmYXlldHRlLWFuZC02NDAuanBn/320/239/jpg "[The Stars and Stripes - George Washington describing the flag to Lafayette and other French and American officers]")
![[Summer scene with an elderly man resting against a tree on the left, a group of children playing with frogs at center, and a man sitting on a rock with a child on the right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvc3VtbWVyLXNjZW5lLXdpdGgtYW4tZWxkZXJseS1tYW4tcmVzdGluZy1hZ2FpbnN0LWEtdHJlZS1vbi10aGUtbGVmdC1hLWdyb3VwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Summer scene with an elderly man resting against a tree on the left, a group of children playing with frogs at center, and a man sitting on a rock with a child on the right]")
![[Silhouette of George Washington and bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODgvMDEvMDEvc2lsaG91ZXR0ZS1vZi1nZW9yZ2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1hbmQtYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1iZW5qYW1pbi1mcmFua2xpbi02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Silhouette of George Washington and bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin]")
![[Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags; another view]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlc3Rvbi1zYy1mZWRlcmFsLXNxdWFkcm9uLWRyZXNzZWQtd2l0aC1mbGFncy1hbm90aGVyLXZpZXctMS02NDAuanBn/40/43/webp "[Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags; another view]")
![[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message "The star spangled banner, the flag we fight under"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZy13aXRoLW1lc3NhZ2UtdGhlLXN0YXItc3BhbmdsZWQtYmFubmVyLWFlNjlkNy02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message \"The star spangled banner, the flag we fight under\"]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal belt buckle with musket]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtdW5pZm9ybS1hbmQtbG91aXNpYW5hLXN0YXRlLXNlYWwtYmVsdC1idWNrbGUtZDEzOTAyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/44/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal belt buckle with musket]")
