Ephemera: Card Games: Box 1
GUSN-223050
This is a playing card of a card game about the Revolutionary War. There are two questions with their answers: "What celebrated battle was fought near Boston at the beginning of the Revolutionary War? Bunker Hill." and "What American officer of the Revolution left his plow in the field and hastened to join the Patriot army at Boston on hearing the news of the bloodshed at Lexington? General Israel Putnam." A British Red Ensign, a British naval flag also known as the Meteor Flag and Colonial Red Ensign and one of the first flags to be flown in the colonies, appears above the questions and answers. The back of the playing card is decorated with stars emitting rays of light, clouds, and the Old Man in the Moon.
stars
card games (game sets)
flags
printed ephemera
playing cards
DigitalID 000430
AccessID 641
Other identifier HNEDID-000430
1 playing card
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.08.TMP.012.001
Breeds Hill (Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [peak]
Bunker Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
United Kingdom
United States
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
playing cards
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790
British Red Ensign (flag)
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
clouds
Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
moon
Old Man in the Moon
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
FRONT OF 000432
Component
Ephemera: Card Games: Box 1
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