There are 27 versions of the flag with stars added as states entered the Union.
General Washington in December of 1777 partied on a day of Thanksgiving after the British defeat at Saratoga during our War of Independence. This war was conducted when we were still a loose confederation of colonies who rebelled, in part, over resistance to taxation of poorer classes needed to pay for foreign wars or entanglements of our government run by a rich, privileged British Monarchy.
The war was won – against all odds by common militias and irregulars. They compelled a superpower British Army to surrender in the field for the first time since the tyrant Napoleon – because the Crown and its privileged generals were fighting an idea first put forth in our Declaration of Independence, then codified in our Constitution that “We the People” would govern ourselves. This WE idea was bigger than a richly privileged class who hired others to fight for them. Now, once again, the courtiers of privilege and wealth – if not the masters of mega-wealth itself – are presiding over our fate using hatred and drummed up grievances on un-social media that omit WE in favor of traitorous behavior aimed at burning Our Constitution via the proud boys of insurrection.
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Daimler Truck Moves Past MB Commercial Vehicles to Wörth
The digital archive will be widely available.
With Daimler splitting into two independent companies* on 1 December 2021, Daimler Truck has transferred the first batch of historic Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles and parts of its truck and bus archive to a location in Wörth. Daimler Truck’s collection contains ~130 vehicles. About 30 were previously located in Stuttgart and the surrounding area.
The classic vehicles and the archive of Daimler AG have been centrally managed in Stuttgart until now. After the corporate split, the Group archive for overarching, company-wide topics pre-separation will remain in Stuttgart along with the archive for cars and vans. The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim will continue to be the primary publicly-accessible location for the shared company history, including trucks and buses.
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