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    Default 200 Years Ago Today. Ft. McHenry, Baltimore Md.

    "The British Fleet is in sight and the Marines have been ordered to man the water battery."

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    <- hums a few bars of "Another One Bites The Dust" >;)

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    Nice picture, see the US-banner, how many stars are on it?. Could you tell a little more about this situation between the us and british ships?

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    Brian, did you take the photo?

    Welcome aboard, Christoph. Stop by the Welcome Aboard forum and introduce yourself sometime. Folks will be happy to meet you: http://sailsofglory.org/forumdisplay...Welcome-Aboard
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucky Jack View Post
    Nice picture, see the US-banner, how many stars are on it?. Could you tell a little more about this situation between the us and british ships?

    Lucky Jack
    The United States flag at that time had 15 stars and 15 stripes for each state. In 1795 the number of stars and stripes had been increased from 13, for the original 13 colonies that had declared independence, to 15 to reflect the addition of Vermont and Kentucky as states. It was decided that future flags would only have 13 stripes, for the original 13 states, and a star would be added for each new state.

    The picture is a painting called "In Action" by Michel Felice Corne. It depicts the battle between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere. Here is a link for an article on the battle:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Con..._HMS_Guerriere
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    Welcome to the Anchorage, Christoph.

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    Ah, so this painting is a time stamp of the earliest history of the US.
    One reason for this had been the british pressings, didn't it? I think in the novels oft O'Brien it was explained like this.
    (Of cause, I shouldn't get my Informations from novels ;) )
    Great picture, and thanks for explaining to Coog.

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