The nine stripes of the vertical Sons of Liberty flagbrepresented the nine protesting colonies that participated in the Stamp Act Congress of 1765. The
flag's 9 vertical red and white stripes were symbolic of "45" the number of the pamphlet . . . — — Map (db m266648) HM
The flag was first adopted on 21 October 1774 after the Sons of Liberty had forced out Colonial Loyalists from Taunton, Massachusetts. The Taunton Flag proclaimed loyalty to the Crown, laid claim on behalf of the colonists to the rights of . . . — — Map (db m266649) HM
The first unofficial flag and naval ensign of New England, variations of this flag
were used by Colonial merchant ships sailing out of New England ports, 1686 - c.1737. History mentions both a red and a blue flag. — — Map (db m266650) HM
The first national flag of Colonial America. First hoisted the on the American Colonial warship Alfred, in the
harbor at Philadelphia, on December 3, 1775, by newly appointed Lieutenant John Paul Jones of the new Continental Navy. The flag was used . . . — — Map (db m266651) HM
Family Legend - Betsy Ross' grandson William Canby reports that she sewed the first American flag in 1776.
Legend has it that Betsy Ross made the first U.S. flag for George Washington. Canby's original paper of 1870 states the legend was . . . — — Map (db m266639) HM
The first flag of the United States. On June 14, 1777, Continental Congress adopted the following: Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a . . . — — Map (db m266638) HM
According to some sources, this flag was first used in 1777. It was carried by the Third Maryland Regiment at one of the most brilliant victories of the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, in South . . . — — Map (db m266637) HM
The flag was raised over the Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina (Greensboro) on March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. The battle was the largest and most hotly contested action in the American Revolution's southern theater and led to . . . — — Map (db m266636) HM
After being driven out by fierce opposition of Charlotte & Mecklenburg, North Carolina citizens to British occupation in 1780 during the American
Revolutionary War British General Cornwallis wrote that "Charlotte Town was a hornet's nest of . . . — — Map (db m266635) HM
In Commemoration of the
1776
Battle of Round Mountain
(located Northwest of here)
in which Captain Thomas Howard
with his brave followers and
and faithful Indian guide, Skyuka,
won the battle against the Cherokee
Relocated by . . . — — Map (db m81159) HM WM
In honor
of
the brave devoted Patriots
from
the area that became Polk County
who answered that call to fight for Freedom
in the great American Revolution
May the sacrifice of those who
fought and especially those who gave all . . . — — Map (db m266627) WM
The original Charters of Freedom are on
display in The Rotunda at the National
Archives in Washington, D.C.
The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776.
The United States Constitution was adopted . . . — — Map (db m266622) HM
In Honor of
Dr. Columbus Mills
Planter and Physician
"Father of Polk County"
After a ten-year effort to create a new county from parts of Henderson and Rutherford Counties, the
North Carolina General Assembly passed . . . — — Map (db m11236) HM
Well-known guide and trapper. Helped survey Santa Fé Trail. Guided the ill-fated Fremont expedition of 1848. Was born near here in 1787. — — Map (db m11219) HM
Dedicated as a Bicentennial Tribute to the men and women of Polk County who have perpetuated two hundred years of freedom by serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during times of war and national emergency. — — Map (db m11390) HM
Dedicated in memory of the Polk County men who fought in America's great Civil War, many who fell on the battlefields or died in horrible prisoner of war camps of that war never returned to see
their home and family in Polk County again. Many . . . — — Map (db m266626) WM
(Preface): On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m53199) HM
Korean War
1950-1953
The Forgotten War
SSgt. Reckless
(c.1948 - May 13, 1968)
SSgt. Reckless was trained to be a pack horse for the Recoilless Rifle platoon, Anti-Tank Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. She . . . — — Map (db m266629) HM
This monument marks this highway that we dedicate to the memory of
Levi Butler
Jessie Lewis
Wallace Lankford
Zibo Wilson
Lawson Williams
Ralph Walker
Columbus Donstant
who paid the surpreme . . . — — Map (db m11292) HM
Polk County men & women who
lost their lives fighting to
preserve our freedom
World War II 1941-1945
Arledge, Keith •
Arledge, Otis •
Blackwell, Henry •
Bobo, Alfred •
Byars, Lionel •
Cannon, Watler •
Carson, Marion • . . . — — Map (db m11488) WM
On September 14th, 2012, internationally known French-born stone sculptor S. Harris Fortier presented this hand-carved limestone Star Spangled Banner to the House of Flags Museum. This 400 pound vibrant work of art, carved from a slab of 160 . . . — — Map (db m266621) HM
On a gloomy, rainy September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key and 2 others captive Americans on a British ship watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry. All day and into the dank, stormy evening, the noisy rockets and bombs continued. During the night . . . — — Map (db m266653) HM
