Way down at the end of this blog, is a key post,
so I did a screen shot to let it rise again...
Given is the link at the Library of Congress that PROVES
the motto is "Appeal to Heaven"
(not "AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN")
"AN APPEAL" makes APPEAL a noun,
and suggests one person or one time.
"Appeal" in "Appeal to Heaven" is a verb,
an ACTION WORD, and suggests a
CONTINUING, COLLECTIVE COMMAND
from Commander in Chief Washington
for ALL AMERICANS to "Appeal to Heaven",
to pray continually for this country, One Nation Under God.
My dear friends, Poppet and Thomas Nelson,
a descendant of Governor & Brigadier General Thomas Nelson
now of Yorktown, Virginia,
loaned me an old book of A.D. 1935 about
FLAGS OF AMERICA,
that I included several photos of its illustrations.
A compilation of recent comments on a USA Flag Forum
is gathered into an online document with link below: