Pine Tree Flag
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pine-tree-flag-161-12661441
title:
Pine Tree Flag
text:
The Pine Tree Flag was one of the flags used during the American Revolution. The flag, which featured a pine tree with the motto "An Appeal to Heaven", or less frequently "An Appeal to God", was used by a squadron of six schooners commissioned under George Washington's authority as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army beginning in October 1775. The pine tree is a traditional symbol of New England. The phrase "appeal to heaven" appears in John Locke's Second Treatise on Government, where it
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American Revolutionary-era flag
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Flag
date created:
2008-04-18T01:00:03Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T09:35:19Z
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image:
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13
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