"Brandywine Flag" by Dennis Lyall, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
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description: Presented is an original acrylic on canvas painting entitled "Brandywine Flag," by American artist Dennis Lyall. Created as the original artwork for the Fleetwood First Day Cover honoring the U.S. 33-cent Brandywine Flag Classic Collection Series stamp, the painting was issued in conjunction with the stamp's release on June 14, 2000, which was also the anniversary of the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress. Lyall signed the painting at the lower right. The composition depicts soldiers of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment advancing during the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, carrying the celebrated red and white Brandywine Flag, one of the earliest surviving American flags to incorporate the newly adopted Stars and Stripes. The Brandywine Flag was purportedly made in Philadelphia during the summer of 1777, only months after the Continental Congress resolved on June 14th that the national flag should consist of thirteen alternating red and white stripes and thirteen stars, representing a "new constellation." This banner is a unique reflection of those new 1777 Flag Act stipulations, with a rare "flag-within-a-flag" design. Its red silk field bears a canton containing a miniature flag, with thirteen stripes and a white canton displaying thirteen red stars. Carried by the Chester County Militia under the command of Robert Wilson, this red and white silk banner reportedly flew during the Battle of Brandywine, the largest single-day land battle of the Revolutionary War. Fought on September 11, 1777, the Battle of Brandywine was General George Washington's determined attempt to halt the advance of General Sir William Howe's British army toward Philadelphia. Washington established defensive positions along Brandywine Creek, choosing high ground near Chadd's Ford, but Howe executed a successful flanking maneuver that forced the Continental Army to withdraw after fierce fighting. Although the British victory led to the capture of Philadelphia, Was…
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