Jersey Stories about the history of the America and the American flag.
Views: 11,184 Did You Know?Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The flag was immediately couriered to General Washington’s campground in a field just… Read More »The American Flag & Flag Day Means Annin in Liberty Corner
Views: 6,871 Basking Ridge, New Jersey UPDATE: Back in 2010, we posted this story on another website. Then, we said people needed to see this story about this man as he was seen again. It is a classic American tale… Read More »The American Flagman Honors Patriotism Everyday
Views: 13,473 Flag Designer Betsy Ross and Her Basking Ridge Ties – Lore or Fact? “Here lies the woman who made the first banner containing the stars and stripes after that honored old ensign had been adopted, June 14, 1776.”… Read More »Betsy Ross is Really Buried in Basking Ridge, New Jersey?
Views: 6,805 Like me, many of us in Somerset County, New Jersey, we drive back and forth on Route 22 never thinking that just off the highway on the hillside off Vosseller Avenue in Bridgewater, New Jersey is a small… Read More »Why Should EVERYONE in New Jersey Fly THIS Flag? Don’t Ask Betsy Ross
Views: 12,363 Isn’t it great when you think you know about something only to find out that someone else has shown up with a different answer? Well, I hate to admit it, but I think it’s been done to us… Read More »THE First American Flag and Middlebrook, New Jersey
Views: 2,509 It took a bit, but finally the book of the 175 year history of the Annin Flag Company has finally made it to the Bernards Library. And what more appropriate day to present the collectible book but on… Read More »Annin History Book Donated to Bernards Library
Views: 11,071 Update: February 16, 2024 – Thanks to all of you, the BOE has removed the name change for William Annin Middle School from the agenda. Your voices made a difference. January 22, 2024 – It appears that the… Read More »The Annins of Liberty Corner: Patriots, Flag Company and a Middle School