The Pine Tree flag, which dates to the Revolutionary War, has become a symbol of the far right. The Times had previously ...
which studies flags and their meaning, said the “Appeal to Heaven” banner dates to the Revolutionary War. Six schooners ... He added: “People misuse our symbols all the time.
Now this improbable survivor, nearly 250 years old, is regarded as a hallowed relic of the Revolutionary War, a symbol of the American republic—even, by some, as the first Oval Office.