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The Easton Flag is a banner used to represent Easton, Pennsylvania. It is designed opposite from more common Flags of the United States in that it has 13 (8-pointed) stars in a blue field, with 13 stripes in the canton^[1]. According to local legend, the flag was hoisted when the Declaration of Independence was publicly read in Easton, 8 July 1776.^[2]

The flag was used as a company flag under Captain Abraham Horn in the War of 1812, and some suspect that the design may only date from this era.^[3]^[4] The flag was returned to the Easton library for safe-keeping when the company returned. The Easton Area Public Library still holds the flag.

References

^ Mastai, pg 39
^ Easton Public Library
^ This Smithsonian webpage says the flag is from 1812, and has a picture of the original.
^ It's worth noting that US flags of this era had 15 stars and 15 stripes.

Mastai, Boleslaw and Marie-Louise D'Otrange The Stars and the Stripes. The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the Present ©1973. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-394-47217-9

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Flag history from Easton Area Public Library

[1] Mastai, pg 39

[2] Easton Public Library

[3] This Smithsonian webpage says the flag is from 1812, and has a picture of the original.

[4] It's worth noting that US flags of this era had 15 stars and 15 stripes.

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-The '''Easton Flag''' is a banner used to represent [[Easton, Pennsylvania]].  It is designed opposite from more common [[Flags of the United States]] in that it has 13 (8-pointed) stars in a blue field, with 13 stripes in the [[Flag terminology|canton]]<ref>Mastai, pg 39</ref>.  According to local legend, the flag was hoisted when the [[Declaration of Independence]] was publicly read in Easton, [[8 July]] [[1776]].
+The '''Easton Flag''' is a banner used to represent [[Easton, Pennsylvania]].  It is designed opposite from more common [[Flags of the United States]] in that it has 13 (8-pointed) stars in a blue field, with 13 stripes in the [[Flag terminology|canton]]<ref>Mastai, pg 39</ref>.  According to local legend, the flag was hoisted when the [[Declaration of Independence]] was publicly read in Easton, [[8 July]] [[1776]].<ref>[http://www.eastonpl.org/MarxRoom.htm Easton Public Library]</ref>
-The flag was used as a company flag under Captain Abraham Horn in the [[War of 1812]], and some suspect that the design may only date from this era.  (It's worth noting that US flags of this era had 15 stars and 15 stripes.)  The flag was returned to the Easton library for safe-keeping when the company returned.  The Easton Area Public Library still holds the flag.
+The flag was used as a company flag under Captain Abraham Horn in the [[War of 1812]], and some suspect that the design may only date from this era.<ref>This [http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/6_thestory/6c_stars/main6c1_l.html Smithsonian webpage] says the flag is from 1812, and has a picture of the original.</ref><ref>It's worth noting that US flags of this era had [[:Image:US flag 15 stars.svg|15 stars and 15 stripes]].</ref>  The flag was returned to the Easton library for safe-keeping when the company returned.  The Easton Area Public Library still holds the flag.
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