A possible Royal Standard for King George Washington of the United States
Posted Jul 8, 2019, 1:03 AM UTC
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The 13 stars are based on this design used by Washington himself.
The other sections are Washington's personal arms
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Why six points?
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Six pointed stars apparently have notable examples in European symbolism.
On of the more famous examples is the Ulster Banner which has a six pointed star at the center.
In the same way the United States picked Red, White, and Blue to signify their connection to Britain, it's very possible that they picked six pointed stars at first because they wanted to emphasize a connection to Europe even as a separate entity.
The United States didn't initially want independence. They wanted representation in parliament. It's very likely we would have remained a British territory had we gotten our way.
The founding fathers hated how Britain treated us. They didn't hate Britain.
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I remember in a video in elementary school that Washington wanted a six point star at first because he didn't think a five point star could be made feasibly at the time. Then Betsy Ross showed him how to make a five point in just a few cuts. Typing this now I realize this sounds absolutely ludicrous.
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That's just the kind of guy Washington was. He cared about the little details. Even when he was in the middle of dying from a sore throat and barely able to breath, he was talking shop-talk with the surgeons who were operating on him.
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Coincidentally I just watched this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZxnBveop5no
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All hail King Larry
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I like it.
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!wave
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Woah...
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It also kind of looks like the flag of Maryland
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It looks like a Maryland flag if you replace Calvert colors with DC and Crossland colors with the US bluefield
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PANAMA! PAN-A-MA-A!
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A man. A canal. Panama.
Edit: shit I messed it up
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A man, a plan, a canama.
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Great work
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6 pointed star?
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The 6 pointed star was used in Washington's battleflag, see my other comment here explaining the post :)
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I like yours, but then I'm a fan of banners of arms. Yours deserved some more attention :)
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[removed]
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Way better than my version
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As strange as it was, there were folks who genuinely did want the United States to establish their own king.
Some people thought the only way we'd get any sort of international legitimacy was with a royal family (since all of the other powers had a royal family)
Feels like there are some people now who want the current president to become a monarch.
Most "God Emperor Trump" stuff is a joke
Trumps campaign was also a joke but then look what happened
Most politics these days are completely laughable
Yesterday’s irony is tomorrow’s sincerity.
The Prussians tried to, and ironically decided to use a prince who wanted nothing to do with America...
Prussian scheme
The Prussian scheme is the name of a reported 1786 attempt by Nathaniel Gorham, acting in possible concert with other persons influential in the government of the United States, to establish a monarchy in the U.S. under the rule of Henry of Prussia, a prince of the House of Hohenzollern, possibly to resolve the ongoing political crises occurring during the last days of the Articles of Confederation. The attempt may have died due to a lack of interest on Henry's part, popular opposition to a rumored proposal involving a different potential monarch, the convening of the Philadelphia Convention, or some combination thereof.
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Still do in my case.
That sounds awful
Well its not. The inevitable failures of the republic (and the stupidity of the plebs) made themselves manifest in 2016.
Ok so what happens when this king you appoint has a desendant as awful as what we have now except we have him or her as our ruler for an entire lifetime?
Me too.