tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746195650829761702.post3559026677402177334..comments2023-11-06T23:03:38.646-08:00Comments on Creative Cockades: Cockades & Eagles in the ArmyHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01483491473798745143noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746195650829761702.post-30567542728305672202018-01-19T07:53:35.527-08:002018-01-19T07:53:35.527-08:00Fascinating, thanks! I also found a reference to t...Fascinating, thanks! I also found a reference to that incident, although it was the other way around with Jones wanting a tricolor cockade rather than black. Here's a link to the letter. <br />https://archive.org/stream/commodorejohnba00grifgoog#page/n180/mode/2up/search/cocadeHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483491473798745143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746195650829761702.post-12845184907287770922018-01-19T07:53:04.704-08:002018-01-19T07:53:04.704-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483491473798745143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746195650829761702.post-84615686844402477742018-01-19T05:12:46.461-08:002018-01-19T05:12:46.461-08:00I received a story in which two founding fathers o...I received a story in which two founding fathers of the American Navy, John Paul Jones and John Barry, met in a cafe in Boston for breakfast. These two Independence War Heroes were good friends. Jones proposed to Barry that a Black Cocade should be included on officers' uniforms on the hats. To distinguish the difference between American officers and the British / French cockades. The national colors of all three countries were Red, White, Blue. Jones had forgotten to bring the proposed Black Cocade to the table, but under the Acts of Congress of 1794, Provisions for Naval Armament, the black cockade was accepted by Barry. In fact, the idea eventually spread throughout all the American Armed Forces.<br /> I am Ed Zimmerman, Jr.; Founder and President of the USS UNITED STATES Foundation, representing the frigate USS UNITED STATES, First Commissioned Warship of the United States Navy since Sept. 1978; Philadelphia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504082127738375176noreply@blogger.com