Green Mountain Boys Nylon Flag
$64.95
Green Mountain Boys Nylon Flag – The Green Mountain Boys’ flag is one of the more well-known flags from the Revolutionary War era. It features a primarily green background and a blue canton in the upper-left corner with 13 white stars. The green is a symbol of Vermont’s green mountains, and the 13 stars represent the 13 American colonies.
About Our Green Mountain Boys Nylon Flag
The Green Mountain Boys were originally created to prevent New York authorities from controlling their land. They employed somewhat harsh (but nonlethal) tactics against New York surveyors and others wishing to take control of their land, at one point even tying a New York sympathizer to a chair, which they then tied to a tavern sign before making him sit there for hours. They gained a reputation for chasing the settlers with New York–issued grants out of their homes and stealing their possessions, and generally raised havoc when provoked. Their actions prompted the New York authorities to place warrants on many of the Green Mountain Boys’ leaders. Their leader, Ethan Allen, was also known as a man who exaggerated his own contributions. The capture of Fort Ticonderoga was done in tandem with another military leader, Benedict Arnold, but Allen and his men did all they could to minimize the other’s contributions—going so far as to “lose” his memoir.
