Text: The U.S. Civil Flag created in 1799 by Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott to represent Civil jurisdiction for Custom Houses and Coast Guard cutters. This flag represents the Common Law of a Sovereign nation at peace. The Civil flag was soon adopted by merchants to represent Sovereign Land ownership and Common Law jurisdiction. Due to it's expense the civil flag never caught on among the greater populace which still flew the War flag representing Martial or Admiralty law. The Civil flag's Origin extends back to the Sons Of Liberty in Boston who flew the "rebellious stripes"; a vertical stripe flag in rebellion against the Stamp act imposed by Britain in 1767. The Sons of Liberty flag was the flag that inspired the Revolution! It's sibling the U.S. Civil Flag is the True Constitutional flag of the American Republic during peacetime, in-law under God. http://www.uscivilflags.org/products.html

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