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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3713599" data-attributes="member: 1246">Sept. 3, 1777&nbsp;The American flag was flown in battle for the first time on this day in 1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/delaware" target="_blank">Delaware</a>. Patriot General William Maxwell ordered the “Stars and Stripes” banner raised as a detachment of his infantry and cavalry met an advance guard of British and Hessian troops. The rebels were defeated and forced to retreat to Brandywine Creek in <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/pennsylvania" target="_blank">Pennsylvania</a>, where they joined General George Washington’s main force.<a href="https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUi5yV9IxbPlwA6zqJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzbTQxOHUwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANlNWI0M2VkNDZmZTdhNDI3NTExMjA0ZTc2OGM5ZDcyNARncG9zAzc0BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&amp;back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DAmerican%2Bflag%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26nost%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D74&amp;w=3108&amp;h=2368&amp;imgurl=marinevetforfreedom.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F08%2Famerican-flag.jpg&amp;rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmarinevetforfreedom.wordpress.com%2F&amp;size=1139.4KB&amp;name=Marine+Vet+For+Freedom+%7C+Accurate+Commentary+on+Today%26%2339%3Bs+Issues&amp;p=American+flag&amp;oid=e5b43ed46fe7a427511204e768c9d724&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999&amp;tt=Marine+Vet+For+Freedom+%7C+Accurate+Commentary+on+Today%26%2339%3Bs+Issues&amp;b=61&amp;ni=21&amp;no=74&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=11a9bp42o&amp;sigb=13gnkav31&amp;sigi=121tm613p&amp;sigt=122nnf4pd&amp;sign=122nnf4pd&amp;.crumb=iETIEca1EpH&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999&amp;fr2=piv-web" target="_blank"><img src="https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.s_aDKUqu80IbfdO6ms9d9QHaFp&amp;pid=15.1&amp;P=0&amp;w=240&amp;h=184" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3713599, member: 1246"] Sept. 3, 1777 The American flag was flown in battle for the first time on this day in 1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/delaware'][U]Delaware[/U][/URL]. Patriot General William Maxwell ordered the “Stars and Stripes” banner raised as a detachment of his infantry and cavalry met an advance guard of British and Hessian troops. The rebels were defeated and forced to retreat to Brandywine Creek in [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/pennsylvania'][U]Pennsylvania[/U][/URL], where they joined General George Washington’s main force. [URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUi5yV9IxbPlwA6zqJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzbTQxOHUwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANlNWI0M2VkNDZmZTdhNDI3NTExMjA0ZTc2OGM5ZDcyNARncG9zAzc0BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DAmerican%2Bflag%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26nost%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D74&w=3108&h=2368&imgurl=marinevetforfreedom.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F08%2Famerican-flag.jpg&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmarinevetforfreedom.wordpress.com%2F&size=1139.4KB&name=Marine+Vet+For+Freedom+%7C+Accurate+Commentary+on+Today%26%2339%3Bs+Issues&p=American+flag&oid=e5b43ed46fe7a427511204e768c9d724&fr2=piv-web&fr=ymyy-t-999&tt=Marine+Vet+For+Freedom+%7C+Accurate+Commentary+on+Today%26%2339%3Bs+Issues&b=61&ni=21&no=74&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11a9bp42o&sigb=13gnkav31&sigi=121tm613p&sigt=122nnf4pd&sign=122nnf4pd&.crumb=iETIEca1EpH&fr=ymyy-t-999&fr2=piv-web'][IMG]https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.s_aDKUqu80IbfdO6ms9d9QHaFp&pid=15.1&P=0&w=240&h=184[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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