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The Vermont General Assembly then authorized a convention to consider an application for admittance to the "Union of the United States of America". The convention met at Bennington, on January 6, 1791. On January 10, 1791, the convention approved a resolution to make an application to join the United States by a vote of 105 to 2. [25]
After 14 years, New York agreed that Vermont could become part of the United States. But first, Vermont had to pay $30,000 to New York. That was a lot of money in 1791, but Vermont wanted to join the United States.
The U.S. flag did not add any stripes, resulting in the Vermont flag having more stripes than the national flag. [1] On October 20, 1837, Vermont changed its flag to a design based on the 13-stripe U.S. flag, but with the multiple stars of the blue canton replaced with a single large star surrounding Vermont's coat of arms.
Jul 5, 2020 · The flag is essentially an American flag, but one crammed with 17 stars and stripes (representing the original 13 states, plus the new states of Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio).
Proud to be a member of the United States, the first Vermont Flag, a state militia flag, was created in October, 1803. Tennessee and Ohio had been admitted to the union at this time and, perhaps anticipating the national Congress, Vermont's first flag was created with seventeen stripes and seventeen stars in the tradition of the U.S. Flag.
Vermont’s first state flag, which became official on May 1, 1804, was used for general purposes and for the state militia, according to the law of October 31, 1803. It had 17 white stars in its blue canton and 17 stripes, corresponding to the number of states in the Union at the time of the flag’s adoption; the name of the state was emblazoned on its top stripe.
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Dec 15, 2016 · Before it became a U.S. state, Vermont spent 14 years as a de facto independent republic. The breakaway had its roots in a dispute with the neighboring state of New York, which claimed Vermont’s ...
