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English: The Serapis Flag. The "John Paul Jones flag" was entered into Dutch records to help Jones avoid charges of piracy when he captured the Serapis under an "unknown flag". This flag is also known as the "Franklin Flag" due to its description by Benjamin Franklin.
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Author DevinCook (talk)
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English: Public Domain
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2008-02-07

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2008-11-14 11:28:01 DevinCook 24883 975×650 Merged canton and bordering blue stripes. Attempt made to prevent thumbnail problem.
2008-02-08 16:45:46 DevinCook 24280 975×650 Last version. I made the stars even smaller to match the drawing.
2008-02-08 16:37:15 DevinCook 24205 975×650 Updated the stars to match official drawing. I also set the flag ratio to 2x3 which is also how it is drawn.
2008-02-07 19:55:32 DevinCook 23263 1235×650 {{Information |Description=The Serapis Flag. This was flown from the captured British frigate "Serapis". It is conventional based on later flags of the United States. This flag is also known as the "Franklin Flag" do to its description by description Benj

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current03:12, 19 December 2013Thumbnail for version as of 03:12, 19 December 2013975 × 650 (3 KB)AnonMoosfix transparent stripe problem
08:39, 20 March 2013Thumbnail for version as of 08:39, 20 March 2013975 × 650 (4 KB)AnonMoossimplify
23:04, 1 November 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:04, 1 November 2009975 × 650 (24 KB)CommonsHelper2 Bot {{BotMoveToCommons|en.wikipedia|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information |Description = {{en |The Serapis Flag. The "John Paul Jones flag" was entered into Dutch records to help Jone

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