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Which flag design Clark's men actually marched behind is not known. In his memoir, Clark says he had 10 or 12 sets of colors when they took
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British American flags even before the Revolution, and many military banners used by Americans featured stripes of differing colors. Records describe flags similar or identical to this in the 13 colonies. It is possible that Busseron ordered the
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units deployed to both Iraq and
Afghanistan. Even though Clark, himself, probably never used it, the flag bears his name and is sold by flag retailers as a "George Rogers Clark flag." It is often flown at events in Indiana and Illinois to represent Clark's historic ties with those states. A red
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Vincennes at the time. It is worth noting, however, that whereas Colonel Clark had offered a red and white belts to American Indians in
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