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Why EVERYONE Should Fly THIS American Flag & Don't Ask Betsy Ross - Mr. Local History Project 06/14/2026

It's NATIONAL FLAG DAY on June 14 because this is the day in 1777 that our Continental Congress APPROVED America's first official American flag. And it was created by a Jersey Guy and NOT Betsy Ross. And did you know it flew first OFFICIALLY in Bridgewater, New Jersey? TRUE STORY!
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Why EVERYONE Should Fly THIS American Flag & Don't Ask Betsy Ross - Mr. Local History Project Meet Francis Hopkinson - New Jersey signer signer of the Declaration of Independence, who also designed, presented, and received the Continental

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Sunday Morning and a little coffee. It's time to reintroduce those 5 New Jersey signers of the Declaration of Independence. Richard Rickard Stockton (Princeton)
John Witherspoon (Princeton)
Francis Hopkinson (Bordentown)
John Hart (Hopewell Township)
Abraham Clark (Elizabethtown/Rahway)

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