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Navy Return's to flying "Union Jack" after 17 years - Dig

Sauce - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(flag)

Jack (flag) -'A jack is a national (originally naval) flag flown from a short jackstaff at the bow (front) of a vessel, while the ensign is flown on the stern (rear). Jacks on bowsprits or foremasts appeared in the 17th century. The word "jack" is said to result from the signature Jacques of King James I in whose reign (1603–1625) the Union Jack was designed.'

Union jacks -'From 1777 until September 2002, the United States Navy flew the union jack, the blue canton with white stars from the U.S. national ensign. (Since September 11, 2002, the U.S. Navy has flown the First Navy Jack, originally used 1775–76, with a rattlesnake and the motto "Dont Tread on Me" superimposed on thirteen alternating red and white stripes.)'

Related (?) sauce -

http://www.usflag.org/flagglossary.html

JACK - "A flag flown at the bow of warships when anchored. Great Britain's jack - the British Union Jack - combines the Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick on a blue field. The U.S. Union Jack carrries 50 white stars on a blue field (the canton of the Naval Ensign). According to U.S. Navy reulations, the U.S. Union Jack should be the same size as the canton of the Naval Ensign flown at the ships stern."

UNION -"A flag or device of a flag symbolizing the union of countries or states. Also, the canton of (1) the U.S. flag, (2) British ensigns, and (3) British Commonwealth flags that are based on the British ensigns."

All U.S. Navy Ships to Begin Flying First Navy Jack on Patriot Day (9/9/02) - https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=3463

HISTORY OF THE FIRST U.S. NAVY JACK, THE DON'T TREAD ON ME FLAG - https://www.united-states-flag.com/dont-tread-on-me.html

**See a lot of 17's while searching articles regarding the Union Jack Flag….knda interdasting