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Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War Streamer

A streamer for each campaign in which Army organizations participated is displayed on the Army flag. There are currently 188 streamers displayed on the Army flag. Units, which received campaign credit participation for these campaigns, may display a three-foot streamer without dates on their organizational flag.

Revolutionary War. There were 16 campaigns in the revolutionary war. The revolutionary war streamer is scarlet with a white center stripe with golden yellow inscription. Scarlet is the color of the mother country and the white stripe symbolizes the virgin land of the new country separated from its former sovereign by force of arms. The following inscriptions are on the revolutionary war streamers:

LEXINGTON 1775 TICONDEROGA 1775 BOSTON 1775-1776 QUEBEC 1775, 1776
CHARLESTON 1776, 1780 LONG ISLAND 1776 TRENTON 1776 PRINCETON 1777
SARATOGA 1777 BRANDYWINE 1777 GERMANTOWN 1777 MONMOUTH 1778
SAVANNAH 1778, 1779 COWPENS 1781 GUILFORD COURT HOUSE 1781 YORKTOWN 1781






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