The earliest organized resistance to British rule happened in Maine where landowners were threatened by British annexation of pine trees suitable for outfitting British sailing ships with spars (wooden bands to support square sails).
The landowners sued in court and British judges agreed that this was unfair, but only after organization threatened to become mutiny.
The lovely flag was at first unadorned with any slogan. George Washington liked it so much that he used it for the flag of some elite troops and added the slogan "An Appeal to Heaven."
In our Danbury story, the relevance in that Colonel Waterbury of Norwalk used the Pine Tree flag and slogan. Joe's hero, Lambert Lockwood and the Danbury militia remainders took over Col. Waterbury's sick and wounded on the return from Ft. Washington.
The landowners sued in court and British judges agreed that this was unfair, but only after organization threatened to become mutiny.
The lovely flag was at first unadorned with any slogan. George Washington liked it so much that he used it for the flag of some elite troops and added the slogan "An Appeal to Heaven."
In our Danbury story, the relevance in that Colonel Waterbury of Norwalk used the Pine Tree flag and slogan. Joe's hero, Lambert Lockwood and the Danbury militia remainders took over Col. Waterbury's sick and wounded on the return from Ft. Washington.
