The American flag : two centuries of concord & conflict / Howard Michael Madaus and Whitney Smith ; introduction by Wayne Fields.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Santa Cruz, Calif. : VZ Publications, c2006.Description: 148 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0975516809 (hc)
  • 9780975516805 (hc)
  • 0975516817 (pbk.)
  • 9780975516812 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Two centuries of concord and conflict
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 929.92
LOC classification:
  • CR113 .M23 2006
Contents:
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)
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"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)

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