{"id":1369,"date":"2015-06-19T16:03:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T16:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2017-01-19T17:36:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:36:55","slug":"serapis-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/serapis-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Serapis Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Serapis Flag<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is unique because of its 8-pointed stars and because its red, white and blue stripes are organized in a pattern not found on other American historical flags. The 13 8-pointed stars are arranged in 3 rows of 4, 5 and 4 on a blue field. The flag is also more square shaped than rectangular.<\/p>\n

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The Serapis Flag<\/strong>, also known as the John Paul Jones Flag<\/strong>, had its origin in a famous Revolutionary War sea battle called the Battle of Flamborough Head<\/strong>, which was fought just off the east coast of England on September 23, 1779. In the battle, Jones’ small fleet of ships challenged the HMS Serapis<\/em><\/strong>, a 44 gun British warship that was protecting a massive merchant convoy of 50 ships returning to England from the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n

When John Paul Jones<\/strong> arrived at Texel, a diplomatic crisis arose. The Netherlands were officially neutral in the British-American war and the Netherlands had not yet officially recognized the United States as a sovereign country. The Serapis<\/em><\/strong> was not flying an American flag because the flag from the Bonhomme Richard<\/em><\/strong> had been blown off during the battle and went down at sea. This led to the British Ambassador demanding that John Paul Jones<\/strong> be turned over to the English government as a pirate, along with the Serapis<\/em><\/strong>, because, as he was not flying the flag of any known nation and he was sailing a captured ship, he was, according to international law, a pirate.<\/p>\n

The Serapis Flag<\/strong> is a popular historic American Flag<\/a>, probably due to its unique design and is still available at Flag-Works<\/a>. Order yours today on-line or stop the retail store. Made in the USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Serapis Flag\u00a0is unique because of its 8-pointed stars and because its red, white and blue stripes are organized in a pattern not found on other American historical flags. The 13 8-pointed stars are arranged in 3 rows of 4, 5 and 4 on a blue field. The flag is also more square shaped than rectangular. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,1],"tags":[147,480,545,669],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t