WEBB'S ADDITIONAL CONTINENTAL REGIMENT

(Later 9th CT of 1780; 3d CT of 1781)

As described by Edward Richardson, in Standards and Colors of the American Revolution:

This elaborate flag depicts a brown-haired, white skinned Indian maiden, "America", robed in a light-red, classical style gown with a blue belt. In classic style, one breast is exposed.  She wears gold bracelets and armlets and a headdress of upright red, green, white and blue feathers.  One hand supports a spiral-wrapped pole which is topped with a black cavalier-style Liberty hat.  From the pole streams a swallow-tailed pennant of seven red and six white stripes.  In her other hand is a horizontally outstretched sword with a blue blade and gold hilt.  A gold-studded, round shield is clasped to the arm which holds the flagpole.  Standing below the sword, is an alert-looking brownish-tan lion with an upright swishing tail.  Lying on the ground, in front of the lion, is the severed head of a bald-headed king pierced through the temple by an arrow.  Green grass and plants lightly cover the ground, which is now a nondescript dary gray with a red undercoat.

The motto reads: "In Meridiem Progred Etc", which Richardson was unable to translate fully, suggesting it means: "Advance Beyond High Noon".  The letters are gold, on a deep blue ribbon-like, tassel-ended scroll which curves across the top of the flag. The scene, Cavalier hat, and "High Noon" of the motto refer to the Parliamentary Cromwellian Revolution of the 1640's which led to the beheading of Charles I.