Making Detroit's Flag Our Symbol

[Lowell]

FYI from WSU library Detroit News collection. I always liked the "Resurget Cineribus" part of the motto but never cared much for the two women graphic.

[gvidas]

Is there a significance to the 13 stars? I like that there are 13 [[born under a bad sign etc), but the arrangement seems to be a relic of the center doodad.

[Detroit Raver]

Is there a significance to the 13 stars? I like that there are 13 [[born under a bad sign etc), but the arrangement seems to be a relic of the center doodad.

13 stars for the 13 original American states. A part of me wanted to put the original arrangement of stars in the first American flag, rows of 3-2-3-2-3. For simplicity's sake I kept the current arrangement.

[Gistok]

I find this arrangement more appealing, and since the USA took over Detroit in 1796.... this would have been the flag that flew over Fort Lernoult [[later called Fort Shelby)...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...anner_flag.svg

That 15 star flag included Vermont and Kentucky, which were added to the Union in 1791 and 1792.