
Nathan Beman's flag is rare because of its 14 stars and 10 stripes. It is one of three known United States flags displaying 14 stars, representing Vermont's admission as the 14th state in 1791. This flag was found in Chateaugay, New York in the attic of the home of Frank Beman (great-great-grandson of one of Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys Nathan Beman (b.1757,d.1846). Nathan Beman assisted Ethan Allen during the surprise attack and capture of Fort Ticonderoga. It was the capture of its cannons and the eventual delivery to Dorchester Heights in Boston that allowed Washington to beat the British and win Boston in the early days of the Revolution.
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