Flag of Easton, Pennsylvania

The Easton flag is a banner used to represent Easton, Pennsylvania.

City of Easton
AdoptedJuly 8, 1776 (according to legend)
DesignA blue field with 13 alternating red and white stripes in the canton and 12 white 8-pointed stars circling another white 8-pointed star to the right of the design in the canton

Flag

The flag is designed differently 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]

History

According to local legend,[2] the flag was hoisted when the Declaration of Independence was publicly read in Easton, 8 July 1776.[3]

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.[4][nb 1] The flag was returned in 1821 to the Easton library for safe-keeping when the company returned. The Easton Area Public Library still holds the flag.[5]

Notes
  1. It is worth noting that US flags of this era had 15 stars and 15 stripes.

References
  1. Mastai, pg 39
  2. Landauer, Bill (June 13, 2015). "Did Betsy Ross rip off Easton?". themorningcall.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. "Marx Room Easton Flag". Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  4. It was presented to the infantry by Rosanna Beidleman Wagener (1775-1848).
  5. Jones, Kyle M. (28 June 2013). "A Short History of Easton's Flag (Retyped)". Easton, PA Patch. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

Sources
  • 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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