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The
First Navy Jack
Some controversy exists among historians as to whether the First
Navy Jack was actually used as a standard of the Continental navy.
According to a recent memorandum from the Secretary of the Navy,
he quotes Commodore Esek Hopkins calling for every ship in his
fleet to provide for the "strip'd Jack and Ensign at their
proper places." The Secretary himself has called for all
ships in the U.S. Navy to fly the First Navy Jack during the Global
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