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- Serapis_flag abstract "Serapis is a name given to an unconventional, early United States ensign flown from the captured British frigate Serapis.At the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head, U.S. Navy Captain John Paul Jones captured the Serapis, but his own ship, the Bonhomme Richard sank, and her ensign had been blown from the mast into the sea during the battle. Jones, now commanding the Serapis without an ensign, sailed to the island port of Texel, which was run by the neutral Dutch United Provinces. Officials from the United Kingdom argued that Jones was a pirate, since he sailed a captured vessel flying no known national ensign.A year earlier, Arthur Lee, American commissioner in France, wrote in a letter to Henry Laurens that the U.S. ships' "colors should be white, red, and blue alternately to thirteen" with a "blue field with thirteen stars" in the canton. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, ambassadors to France, wrote a similar description of United States flags:Apparently based upon this description, a recognizable ensign was quickly made to fly aboard the Serapis, and Dutch records edited to include a sketch of the ensign to make it official. The Dutch could, therefore, recognize the flag and avoid the legal controversy of Jones' captured ship. The Dutch records survive and provide us with the original sketch of the ensign. The sketch is labeled "Serapis" and dated 5 October 1779, just one day after the Francis Hopkinson style flag, labeled "Alliance" (a ship in Jones' fleet), was entered.There are five known illustrations of American flags with tri-color stripes. Tri-colored stripes appeared in various European almanacs into the 19th century, featuring stars with 4, 5, or 6 points and arranged in various patterns. The Serapis flag is distinctive because of the four, irregularly placed blue stripes and 8-pointed stars. Although it was flown as a U.S. Ensign and was recognized as such by a foreign nation, it did not meet the Congressional description of U.S. flags under the Flag Resolution of 1777, which specified "alternate red and white" stripes.The Serapis flag is also known as the "Franklin flag" due to the description given by Ambassador Franklin. It was featured on a 33¢ postage stamp issued in 2000, as a part of the U.S. Postal Service's Stars and Stripes series. The stamp was titled "John Paul Jones flag."This flag, along with the First Navy Jack, is featured on the crest of the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53).In spite of—or because of—its variation from more standard U.S. "Stars and Stripes" flags, the Serapis design remains popular among historic U.S. flag displays, and is offered by many flag vendors.".
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- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Lee_(diplomat).
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- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flags_of_the_American_Revolution.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_flags_of_the_United_States.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_Republic.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Ensign.
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- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Flag_terminology.
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- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Francis_Hopkinson.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Glossary_of_vexillology.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Serapis_(1779).
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Laurens.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink John_Adams.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink John_Paul_Jones.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink Texel.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink USS_Alliance_(1778).
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink USS_Bonhomme_Richard_(1765).
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink US_flag.
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
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- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Postal_Service.
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- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Serapis'' ensign".
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Serapis'' flag".
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLinkText "Serapis ensign".
- Serapis_flag wikiPageWikiLinkText "Serapis flag".
- Serapis_flag hasPhotoCollection Serapis_flag.
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- Serapis_flag subject Category:Flags_of_the_American_Revolution.
- Serapis_flag subject Category:Military_flags_of_the_United_States.
- Serapis_flag hypernym Name.
- Serapis_flag comment "Serapis is a name given to an unconventional, early United States ensign flown from the captured British frigate Serapis.At the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head, U.S. Navy Captain John Paul Jones captured the Serapis, but his own ship, the Bonhomme Richard sank, and her ensign had been blown from the mast into the sea during the battle. Jones, now commanding the Serapis without an ensign, sailed to the island port of Texel, which was run by the neutral Dutch United Provinces.".
- Serapis_flag label "Serapis flag".
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