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Description Reconstruction of the red “George Rex” flag flown in New York during the American Revolution, obverse side.
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Source Historical Flags of Our Ancestors: “In March, 1775, a Liberty flag was hoisted in New York, bearing the inscription on one side of ‘George Rex and the Liberties of America’, and upon the reverse, ‘No Popery’.”
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