The American flag : two centuries of concord & conflict /
Two centuries of concord and conflict
Howard Michael Madaus and Whitney Smith ; introduction by Wayne Fields.
- Santa Cruz, Calif. : VZ Publications, c2006.
- 148 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
"Assistance in text and research was provided by the Flag Research Center, Box 580, Winchester, MA 01890-0880." -- (T.p. verso)
Includes index and glossary.
Gallery I, A new constellation: 13 stars and 13 stripes for a new nation; The Flag Resolution of 1777 -- Gallery II, A new star for every state; The Flag Act of 1794 -- Gallery III, The end of compromise: stars excluded stars defended; Exclusionary flags, 1850-1860 -- Gallery IV, Guides on the colors; American flags in conflict -- Gallery V, Manifest destiny: new stars for a new land; The centennial celebration -- Gallery VI, A symbol of world power: The stars & stripes at home and abroad; An equal among the world's powers -- Epilogue, Patriotism at war / Henry Berger -- Thoughts of a collector, Whose flag is it anyway? / Ben Reed Zaricor -- Abraham Lincoln funeral flag (pg. 143) -- Stripes, stars and states (pg. 144)