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Given its evolving cosmopolitan ambiance and adjacency to Manhattan across the George Washington Bridge, Fort Lee, one of the Hudson Waterfront communities of northern New Jersey, has been called a sixth borough of New York City.
It is the only flag of the 50 state flags to have a background of buff, although frequently this is incorrectly shown as yellow. The colour is based on the facings of uniforms worn by New Jersey regiments during the Revolutionary War (1775–83).
Fort Lee, borough (town), Bergen county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies mainly along the Palisades on the west bank of the Hudson River at the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge opposite upper Manhattan, New York City. The community developed about 1700 around Fort Constitution.
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Jan 9, 2014 · With New Jersey Governor Chris Christie embroiled in a scandal involving Fort Lee, NJ, it’s a fine time to find out who it was named after.
Learn about the history of Fort Lee, from the first settlers - the Lenni Lanape tribe - through George Washington's use of the site in 1776 as an encampment opposite Fort Washington at the northern end of Manhattan.
What Does Each Fold in the American Flag Mean? Fold One: Symbol of life; Fold Two: Symbol of belief in eternal life; Fold Three: Honor and remembrance of veterans; Fold Four: Symbol of our weaker nature; Fold Five: Tribute to the United States of America; Fold Six: Symbol of our hearts and devotion; Fold Seven: Tribute to the Armed Forces
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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton, referred to as the union and bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows ...
