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Series Page NAVAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHIES, NO. 1
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Flags and Pennants
Boylan, Robert J. "27 Pennants of Pride." Navy: The
Magazine of Sea Power 14 (March 1971): 34- 37.
Describes battle streamers for the United States Navy flag.
Dunn, Lucius C. "Some Unpublished History of Old Glory."
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 61 (July 1935): 965-972.
Furlong, William R. So Proudly We Hail: The History of the
United States Flag. With the editorial assistance of Harold
D. Langley. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. 260
pp.
McCraken, Alan R. "The Church Pennant." U.S. Naval Institute
Proceedings 56 (August 1930): 717- 719.
Preble, George H. Origin and History of the American Flag and
of the Naval and Yacht-Club Signals, Seals and Arms, and Principal
National Songs of the United States, With a Chronicle of the Symbols,
Standards, Banners, and Flags of Ancient and Modern Nations.
Rev. ed. Philadelphia: N. L. Brown, 1917. 2 vols.
Quaife, Milo M., Melvin J. Weig, and Roy E. Appleman. The History
of the United States Flag, From the Revolution to the Present,
Including a Guide to Its Use and Display. New York: Harper,
1961. 182 pp.
Rankin, Hugh F. "The Naval Flag of the American Revolution."
William and Mary Quarterly 2 (1954): 339-353.
Schermerhorn, Frank E. American and French Flags of the Revolution,
1775-1783. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the
Revolution, 1948. 148 pp.
U.S. Naval History Division. Battle Streamers of the United
States Navy. Washington: GPO, 1972. 24 pp.
U.S. Office of Naval Operations. Flags, Pennants and Customs.
DNC 27(A). Washington: GPO, 1965. various paging.
Contains instructions regarding the description and display of flags used in the naval service.