American Legion Post 48
Chesnee, SC 29323

June 2, 2017 - Department of S. C. Convention Post 48 Award


National Vice Cammander Fae Casper, DOSC Commander Bob Scherer,
Post 48 Vice Commander Richard Hall, and District 5 Commander Jack Wright

as Post 48 receives its 6th in a row 100% membership award with ribbon


Brandywine Flag  
The Brandywine flag was a banner carried by Captain Robert Wilson's company of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment. The company flag received the name after it was used in the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. The 7th Pennsylvania Flag may have been one of the first American flags to feature stars and stripes, although it was a militia company's flag, not a flag of Washington's army. Other stories indicate that the flag may have actually flown earlier, at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge in Delaware on 3 September 1777. Captain Wilson may have also brought it to the Battle of Paoli on 21 September and the Battle of Germantown on 4 October.

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