Welcome to Flag Steward's
Stories from Our Flag :)
for Wednesday, October 7, 2020​​​

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Today's Story from Our Flag
... No taxation without representation ...

The path to the American Revolutionary War became wider and shorter when the British began taxing the American colonies without allowing them any representation (a voice / vote) in the British Parliament.  The Stamp Act was the first direct tax by the British on the American colonies.  It taxed and stamped, like the one shown above, all paper goods in the colonies, like newspapers, legal documents, calendars, play cards, and more.  On this date, October 7, in 1765, the Stamp Act Congress (also known as the Continental Congress of 1765), made up of delegates from 9 of the 13 colonies, met in New York City.  They debated and wrote a formal protest to the British Stamp Act.  The colonies were successful in getting the British rulers to end the Stamp Act.  But, unfortunately, a harsher Declaratory Act, saying the British have legal control over the colonies to do whatever they want, was put in place by the British and moved us closer to Revoluntionary War. 

And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

Students across America, at school or at home, let's unite and state together ...

​​Thanks for participating in today's U.S. Flag tribute.
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:

Go out and 'be a stud citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust

​In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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