Francis Hopkinson reported in detail that on the 4th of July in 1788, the people of Philadelphia celebrated the Declaration of Independence and the establishment of the Constitution in a Grand Federal Procession.
Representing FRENCH ALLIANCE: Thomas Fitzsimons, esq. on horseback, carried a flag of white silk, bearing three fleurs de lys, and thirteen stars in union over the words "SIXTH OF FEBRUARY, 1778," in gold characters. The horse on which he rode was the same on which count Rochambeau rode at the siege of Yorktown.
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