Product Description
Our Nylon fabric goes by many names; Durawavez, Endura-Nylon, Perm-Nyl, or simply Nylon. Our Heavy-Duty Commercial Grade Dupont Solarmax material with Sunscreen. The best nylon on the market! Perfect for flying outdoors, our 200-denier fabric allows for flyability in light breezes and the durable Lock Stitching extends the flags life longer than printed or even chain stitched flags. The quick drying of nylon allows for longer color retention! Our sizes vary between 12” x 18” all the way to a 50’ x 80’!! All flags are Made in the USA!
This Green Mountain Boys Flag features:
- Rich, Vivid Color
- Durable
- Mildew Resistant
- Moth-Proof
- 200 Denier Nylon
- Light Breeze Flyability
- 4 Rows of Lock Stitching on the Fly End
- 2 Row of Lock Stitching on Header
- Made in America
The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization that was established in late 1760s in the territory between New York and New Hampshire, know as the New Hampshire Grants and later in 1777 the Vermont Republic. Some companies served in the American Revolutionary War, including notably when Ethan Allen led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga on May 10th, 1775. The Green Mountain Boys would disband more than a year before Vermont declared its independence. The remnants of the Green Mountain Boys militia were reconstituted as the Green Mountain Continental Rangers, where the command of the newly formed regiment passed from Allen to Seth Warner. Under the command of Warner, the regiment would fight in several battles, Hubbardton and Bennington were among the most notable.
The capturing of Fort Ticonderoga was achieved with no deaths and one injury. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen assembled men at the Hand’s Cove, now Shoreham, Vermont, on May 9th a little before midnight. The Boys were ready to cross the lake; however, the boats didn’t arrive until 1:30 and when they did, there weren’t enough boats to ferry all the troops across. 83 of the Green Mountain Boys made the first crossing, Arnold and Allen were in this first group as Douglas had to return to ferry the rest of the men. Allen and Arnold became fearful of loosing the element of surprise with dawn approaching; they decided to attack with the men that they had. The only sentry that was on duty at the time fled when his musket misfired. British soldiers were roused awake at gunpoint as the Patriots moved through the fort confiscating weapons. Allen, Arnold and a few other men charged upstairs to the officer’s quarters. Eventually they captured Captain Delaplace and Lieutenant Feltham seizing control of Fort Ticonderoga. Fortunately, no one was killed during this infiltration; the only Patriot or British regular that was wounded was a Green Mountain Boy, Gideon Warren. Reports from the capture say that he was slightly injured by a sentry with a bayonet.