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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
At the Falls of St. Mary's, in 1671, representatives of the Indian tribes from the. St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the Lakes., and even the Red River, met in convention, and veteran officers from the armies of France, intermingled here and there with a Jesuit missionary, a cross having been raised, and also a cedar post, on which the French lilies were inscribed, intended as a substitute for a flag, —the first symbol of government established on Michigan territory. The representatives of the savage hordes were then informed that they were under the protection of the French king, and the lands were formally taken possession of by M. de Lusson, on behalf of his government.
While a detachment of English troops was advancing to occupy the fort at Detroit under the capitulation of 1760, a very singular symbol was made use of by the French officer in charge.
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