Heâs Been So Good with Evelyn Turrentine Agee â The Gospel 4 Live,âOne More Blessingâ. The Gospel Four of Memphis, Tennessee was organized by George Dean, Robert Dean and John Whitmore in the year of 1969. During the first year, James Harris (former Southern Bells) and Walter Nelson (former Christian Harmonizers) joined the group.
The Flag Resolution of 1777. On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation..
stripe (plural stripes) A long, straight region of a single colour. (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. persons of the same political stripe; A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke. Bible, Deuteronomy xxv. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Thomson Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes. 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2 Thou most lying slave, / Whom stripes may move, not kindness! (weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.