tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post576832738028307704..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: A Sedimental EducationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-67756731334395022262014-09-09T13:05:53.928-05:002014-09-09T13:05:53.928-05:00It's worth mentioning that the abandoned HMS D...It's worth mentioning that the abandoned HMS Diana wreck provided the reported 76' mast that was used to top Prospect Hill, a fortified high-ground overlooking Boston and the road to Charleston.<br /> <br />This is a fairly significant "liberty pole," if you will, because the traditional history has the first flag of America being hoisted over the Army of '76 by Washington in a ceremony on Prospect Hill on New Year's Day for not only the downbeat of the army's new establishment, but "in compliment to the United Colonies"---what Stephen Moylan termed the next day, writing from Washington’s HQ in Cambridge, as the "United States of America." There is an ongoing debate about whether the Grand Union flag was really flown there on New Year's Day. Peter Ansoff, an excellent vexillologist, and I have been going back and forth on the topic. <br /><br />So if they do really find the remains of the Diana, the mast should be missing. There's no debate about that!Byron DeLearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-3963703010387456132014-09-09T10:57:23.176-05:002014-09-09T10:57:23.176-05:00And look what the tide brought up in Gloucester.And look what <a href="http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/coffins-beach-mystery-wreck-the-search-continues/" rel="nofollow">the tide brought up in Gloucester</a>. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-22953599733339888942014-09-09T09:09:53.910-05:002014-09-09T09:09:53.910-05:00I and my fellow instructors at Project Appleseed, ...I and my fellow instructors at Project Appleseed, love your articles and insights on Boston 1775. thank you.KARDIAK KIDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113554515700842910noreply@blogger.com