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The flag of Philadelphia was officially adopted by city ordinance on March 27, 1895 [1] and is the municipal flag of the city of Philadelphia.The flag is a yellow-on-blue bicolor vertical triband defaced with the seal of the city; the Philadelphia City Code defines the flag as "divided vertically in 3 equal parts, of which the first and third shall be azure blue and the middle pale golden ...
Clark, William P. Official History of the Militia And the National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania from the Earliest Period of Record to the Present Time. 3 vols. Philadelphia: 1909–1912. First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry. By-Laws, Muster Roll, and Papers Selected from the Archives of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1840.
The Betsy Ross House is a landmark in Philadelphia. It is purported to be the site where the upholsterer and flag-maker Betsy Ross (1752–1836) lived when she is said to have sewed the first American flag.
Notable tanneries in Philadelphia's history include: McNeely and Company Leather Manufactory: Operated from 1830 to the early 20th century; Burk Brothers and Company: A group of 12 interconnected buildings that date from 1855 to 1913. These buildings are some of the oldest and largest leather industry buildings in Philadelphia's old leather ...
Flag: Flag of Pennsylvania: June 13, 1907 [4] [12] Flower: Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) May 5, 1933 [4] [13] Fossil: Phacops rana: December 5, 1988 [6] [14] Game bird: Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) June 22, 1931 [4] [15] Insect: Pennsylvania firefly (Photuris pennsylvanica) December 5, 1988 [4] [16] Motto "Virtue, Liberty, and ...
In June 2017, the city of Philadelphia unveiled the Philly Pride flag design, which includes two additional stripes — one black and one brown — above the existing six colors of the rainbow.
The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.
Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom; [1] January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, [1] was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 [2] with making the second official U.S. flag, [3] accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag.