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The Flag on Prospect Hill - Volume 13, 2006

  • ️Thu Feb 20 2025

Peter Ansoff

Pages 77-100

The Flag on Prospect Hill

What flag did General Washington actually fly outside of Boston on 1 January 1776? This incisive and well-researched analysis demonstrates that the flag over Prospect Hill was more likely the British Union Flag, with the English and Scottish crosses overall, rather than the 13-striped Continental Colors as believed by historians for 150 years.