The Versions of Us

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The first official U.S. flag flown during battle was on August 3, 1777, at Fort Schuyler (Fort Stanwix) during the Siege of Fort Stanwix. Massachusetts reinforcements brought news of the adoption by Congress of the official flag to Fort Schuyler. Soldiers cut up their shirts to make the white stripes; scarlet material to form the red was secured from red flannel petticoats of officers' wives, while material for the blue union was secured from Capt. Abraham Swartwout's blue cloth coat. A voucher is extant that Congress paid Capt. Swartwout of Dutchess County for his coat for the flag. [20]

Neptune, based on the Windows 2000 codebase, was planned to be the first version of Microsoft Windows NT to have a consumer edition variant. A version was sent out to testers but was never released. [31] The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey eventually combined to work on Windows XP. Newark Liberty International Airport's Terminal A, Gate 17 (2001–2021) [124] and Boston Logan Airport's Terminal B, Gate 32, and Terminal C, Gate 19 in memoriam of the events of September 11, 2001. [125] Individuals associated with the sovereign citizen movement and tax protester conspiracy arguments have claimed, based on the military usage, that the presence of a fringed flag in a civilian courtroom changes the nature or jurisdiction of the court. [97] [98] Federal and state courts have rejected this contention. [98] [99] [100] Display and use We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty. [85] In 1960, the current 50-star flag was adopted, incorporating the most recent change, from 49 stars to 50, when the present design was chosen, after Hawaii gained statehood in August 1959. Before that, the admission of Alaska in January 1959 had prompted the debut of a short-lived 49-star flag. [58] 49- and 50-star unions A U.S. flag with gold fringe and a gold eagle on top of the flag pole

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A triumphant debut… a thoughtful, measured book about the interplay of chance and destiny in our lives.’ (Elena Seymenliyska, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

Windows Odyssey" . Retrieved 16 July 2021. Knowing that Neptune is 5.50, it's only logical to conclude Odyssey was to be 6.0 The U.S. flag took its first trip around the world in 1787–1790 on board the Columbia. [63] William Driver, who coined the phrase "Old Glory", took the U.S. flag around the world in 1831–32. [63] The flag attracted the notice of the Japanese when an oversized version was carried to Yokohama by the steamer Great Republic as part of a round-the-world journey in 1871. [70] Civil War and the flag Our Banner in the Sky (1861) by Frederic Edwin Church During the Revolutionary War era, the "Rebellious Stripes" were considered as the most important element of United States flag designs, and were always mentioned before the stars. The "Stripes and Stars" was a popular phrase into the 19th century. Credit for the term "Stars and Stripes" has been given to the Marquis de Lafayette, a French soldier who volunteered his aid to the Continental Army, led by George Washington, in the Revolutionary War against Britain. [2] Although the Flag Code is U.S. federal law, there is no penalty for a private citizen or group failing to comply with the Flag Code, and it is not widely enforced—punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. [108] Passage of the proposed Flag Desecration Amendment would overrule the legal precedent that has been established. Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1359". Oklahoma State Courts Network. May 23, 2006 . Retrieved January 26, 2015. This act shall become effective November 1, 2006.

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Well written, stunningly crafted and constantly surprising… An utterly convincing love story about two people destined to be together somehow, no matter what.’ (Kate Saunders, THE TIMES) Roads not taken and lives unlived can make for great fiction. The human tendency to think what if, to consider the greener grass, is satisfied as an author manipulates her characters through time and space. This is what the English author Laura Barnett does in her debut novel, The Versions of Us, a captivating whirlwind of a book that offers readers three variations on one couple's life. On July 4, 2007, the 50-star flag became the version of the flag in the longest use, surpassing the 48-star flag that was used from 1912 to 1959. [61] "Flower Flag" arrives in Asia George Henry Preble states in his 1882 text that no combined stars and stripes flag was in common use prior to June 1777, [48] and that no one knows who designed the 1777 flag. [49] Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich argues that there was no "first flag" worth arguing over. [50] Researchers accept that the United States flag evolved, and did not have one design. Marla Miller writes, "The flag, like the Revolution it represents, was the work of many hands." [51] Triton was planned to be the successor of Windows Neptune and had been scheduled to be released in March 2001.

The 1777 resolution was probably meant to define a naval ensign. In the late 18th century, the notion of a national flag did not yet exist or was only nascent. The flag resolution appears between other resolutions from the Marine Committee. On May 10, 1779, Secretary of the Board of War Richard Peters expressed concern that "it is not yet settled what is the Standard of the United States." [21] However, the term "Standard" referred to a national standard for the Army of the United States. Each regiment was to carry the national standard in addition to its regimental standard. The national standard was not a reference to the national or naval flag. [22]The U.S. flag was brought to the city of Canton (Guǎngzhōu) in China in 1784 by the merchant ship Empress of China, which carried a cargo of ginseng. [62] There it gained the designation "Flower Flag" ( Chinese: 花旗; pinyin: huāqí; Cantonese Yale: fākeì). [63] According to a pseudonymous account first published in the Boston Courier and later retold by author and U.S. naval officer George H. Preble: For the want of a nail… Laura Barnett has cleverly hung a series of alternative incarnations on that nail; they all depend on happenstance and/or moral judgement, and all beg questions. At the heart of them is this: in all her incarnations, Eva is going to be a successful writer. But how will that affect her relationship with Jim, doomed to be a failed artist? Or with David, destined to be an egotistic, vain, but successful actor? Which is the ‘right path for her to take? How can she best flourish with either man? On April 4, 1818, a plan was passed by Congress at the suggestion of U.S. Naval Captain Samuel C. Reid [57] in which the flag was changed to have 20 stars, with a new star to be added when each new state was admitted, but the number of stripes would be reduced to 13 so as to honor the original colonies. The act specified that new flag designs should become official on the first July 4 ( Independence Day) following the admission of one or more new states. [58] Current Windows logo (introduced in 2021) Timeline showing releases of Windows for personal computers and servers May: Second Sunday ( Mothers Day), third Saturday ( Armed Forces Day), and last Monday ( Memorial Day; half-staff until noon)