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The flag of New England has two prominent symbols: a pine tree and red color. Other features, like the St. George's Cross , are not always displayed on the flag, but the pine almost always is. There is a blue ensign and a red ensign variant.
The flag was a popular regional New England flag and was used to muster troops during the American Revolution before Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes. The flag may have served as partial inspiration for liberty trees and liberty poles. [5] Massachusetts adopted it as its first official flag and put it on their currency.
Flag of New England with the British symbols removed from the canton. [18] In use as a flag of New England 1775–present. This Pine Tree Flag variant was the first flag adopted by the State of Massachusetts after independence.
The Pine Tree Flag is a flag which was often used in the American Revolution and modern day activists as a symbol to oppose ... The New England Quarterly, 83(1), 73 ...
This is a list of official symbols of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Flag of Massachusetts M.G.L. Ch. 2, §3. ... New England Neptune ...
The pine tree is a traditional symbol of New England and has been featured on New England flags since at least 1686, notably the Pine Tree Flag, although the White Pine as a symbol probably is derived from Native American usage going back to the Iroquois Tree of the Great Peace which was first used more than 800 years ago.
A hate group that waved flags in downtown Portsmouth wants to create a "white homeland" in New England, according to the Anti-Defamation League. 'Political arm' of neo-Nazis: Flag wavers in ...
Map showing the flags of the 50 states of the United States, its five territories, and the capital district, Washington, D.C.. The flags of the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles.