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We the People of the United States, actually have two national flags, a military flag and a civil flag for peacetime. The American Civil Flag of Peace, which represents constitutional law and has been all but forgotten since the early part of the 20th century.
On June 1, 1799, Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott submitted his design for the Civil Flag of Peace to President John Adams for approval. It is significant that Wolcott turned the arrangement of the stripes ninety degrees to vertical to differentiate the new ensign from the U.S. Flag, to denote civilian authority under the Treasury Department, rather than military authority under the War Dept.
The Civil Flag, intended for peacetime usage, has vertical stripes with blue stars on a white field. By the Law of the Flag, this design denotes civil jurisdiction under the Constitution and common law as opposed to military jurisdiction under admiralty/military law. If you should have to go to court, bringing your own Civil Flag of Peace establishes the jurisdiction of the proceedings in your favor.
