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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
A new constellation, speaking of union, perpetuity, justice, equality, subordination, courage, and purity, with a covenant against oppression and in favor of liberty.
"For the hand that has woven those colors of light, And sent it aflame thro' the "World's every zone, That has led, and has kept it thro' storm and thro' night, Is the hand that has blest us, sweet Liberty's own!"
The star in the American banner, having only five points, seems to have been taken from either the heraldry of France, Germany or Holland, while that on our coin follows that of England, having six points.
On the 14th of June, 1777, the American Congress "Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white, in a blue field, representing a new-constellation. "
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