Bucks of America Flag (U.S.)

Historical

Last modified: 2002-11-02 by rick wyatt
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by Randy Young, 31 January 2001

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• U.S. Historical flags
• Massachusetts
• United States of America

Source: "Flags to Color from the American Revolution."

On page 13 is the flag entitled the "Bucks of America." The flag's colors are described as "Buff field, letters; white stars; blue canton, scrolls, flourishes; green leaves, grass; brown buck, trunk." And there is a narrative of the flag, as well:

"John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, presented this flag after the war to a company of black soldiers for valor. We know little about the Bucks of America; they were among the thousands of black Revolutionary patriots."

It is unclear exactly what the initials "J-G-W-H" stand for above the tree.