Flag of the Green Mountain Boys

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Flag used by the Green Mountain Boys, the Vermont Republic (1777-1791), and the U.S. state of Vermont (1791–1804).
Flag used by the Green Mountain Boys, the Vermont Republic (1777-1791), and the U.S. state of Vermont (1791–1804).
A unit of the Vermont National Guard display the Green Mountain Boys flag in the Republic of Macedonia.
A unit of the Vermont National Guard display the Green Mountain Boys flag in the Republic of Macedonia.

The flag of the Green Mountain Boys began as a regimental flag used by the Green Mountain Boys. With the ratification of the Constitution of Vermont at Elijah West's Windsor Tavern in 1777, the flag was adopted by the new independent state of Vermont, sometimes also referred to as the Vermont Republic[1]. The flag continued in use after Vermont was admitted to the United States, until 1804.

Today the flag is used as the regimental flag of Vermont's national guard unit. The regimental flag, known also as a "battle flag" or war flag, accompanies the unit on battle assignments and is physically handed back to the head of the regiment, as described by former Vermont National Guard Adjutant General Martha Rainville in an interview. [2]

[edit] Design

The flag is composed of a field, green, with an azure canton and a constellation of thirteen five-pointed white stars are arranged thereon, in natural pattern.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Van DeWater, Frederic F. (1941, 1974). The Reluctant Republic, Vermont 1724–1791.. The Countryman Press, pp. 195, 218–219. ISBN 0-914378-02-3. 
  2. ^ Major General Rainville describing examples of flag return from Iraq, Afganistan or Bosnia
  • Van de Water, Frederic Franklyn The Reluctant Republic: Vermont 1724–1791. The Countryman Press: 1974. ISBN 0-914378-02-3.
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