tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7086808707448320723..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Construction of “Liberty Hall”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-58482723720652263072014-10-10T10:25:22.607-05:002014-10-10T10:25:22.607-05:00I was struck by that word, too. As an American, I&...I was struck by that word, too. As an American, I'm not used to seeing it outside the context of "the star-spangled banner" and <i>Star Spangled Comics</i>, which featured the solo adventures of Robin in the late 1940s. <br /><br />The context speaks of a "mantle" worn by a female England. So I wonder if this was part of Britannia's iconography of the time. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-26341610831032761242014-10-10T10:02:53.221-05:002014-10-10T10:02:53.221-05:00VI--any idea what the British context for "st...VI--any idea what the British context for "star-spangled" was? I see the star is a common symbol on flags. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flags_with_starsBill Harshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094598931693185805noreply@blogger.com