The Stars and Stripes - United States

The Stars and Stripes

By United States

  • Release Date: 2008-04-17
  • Genre: Politics & Current Events

Book Synopsis

The American flag is flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland. Patriot General William Maxwell ordered the stars and strips banner raised as a detachment of his infantry and cavalry met an advance guard of British and Hessian troops. The rebels were defeated and forced to retreat to General George Washington's main force near Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania.

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