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Photos: New Year's Day Flag Raising on Prospect Hill

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Here are some photos of the annual flag-raising ceremony on Prospect Hill, held Jan. 1, 2014.

Learn more about the ceremony here:

Flag researcher Byron DeLear, who has argued the traditional story of the Grand Union flag, with 13 stripes, is historically accurate, spoke at the ceremony and said, "This is sacred and hallowed ground for our nation."

The original flag raising on Jan. 1, 1776 was "a pivotal event and moment" in the history of America, he said.

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